Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:108 Macalister/1949:675 Petrie/1872:11 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1872 Petrie, G. |
History: | Petrie/1872, 18: `drawn by Colonel Burton Conyngham for Dr. Petrie'. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 50. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.76 x 0.56 x 0.15 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | complete , some The stone appears to be in good condition, apart from some small losses at the very bottom. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; plain; round holl; none; inner curv; other; plain |
Decorations: | Macalister/1909, 22: `A plain Celtic cross, fitchee'. Macalister/1949, 50: `wheel cross fitchee'. |
Petrie, G. (1872): | OR~ || ARCHUINDLESS Expansion: OROIT AR CHUINDLESS Translation: Pray for Cuindless (PN). Petrie/1872 18 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | O~R~ || ARCHUINDLESS Expansion: OROIT AR CHUINDLESS Macalister/1909 22 reading only Macalister/1949 50 reading only |
Orientation: | mixed directions |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | 720 - 724 (Lionard/1961) |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The initial OR has a contraction mark over it. The A of the 2nd line is angular and the R minuscule. The CH is conjoined, but not ligatured. The D is open-bowed with an ascender bending leftwards. The E is three-pronged, with the middle stroke not attached to the upright, and the final S's are minuscule. |
Legibility: | good |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |
Lionard/1961, 157, accepts this identification.