| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:116 Macalister/1949:681 Petrie/1872:12 |
| Site: | CLMAC |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
| History: | Petrie/1872, 18: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in the year 1822'. Macalister/1909, 23, records the stone as still on site, but Macalister/1949, 51, states, `I could not find this slab on my last visit'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.53 x 0.53 x 0.1 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
| Setting: | Lost (present 1905, missing 1949) |
| Location: | Macalister/1909, 23, records the stone as on site, with his last visit being in 1905. Macalister/1949, 51, however, records the stone as lost. |
| Form: | cross-slab |
| Condition: | incomplete , some Macalister/1909, 23, speaks of a fracture at the base, while the upper dexter quadrant has also been broken off. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; plain; round holl; cruciform; inner curv; ind; plain |
| Decorations: | Petrie/1872, 18: `The Irish cross is carved on this stone, without any ornamental detail'. Macalister/1909, 23: `A celtic cross with invecked intersections, defined by a two line margin'. Macalister/1949, 51: `wheel cross'. |
| Petrie, G. (1822): | [..] | DO | CEL || L || ACH Expansion: [OR] DO CELLACH Petrie/1872 18 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | OR | DO | CEL || L || ACH Expansion: OR DO CELLACH Macalister/1909 23 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | OR || [...] | DO | CEL || L || ACH Expansion: OR[OIT] DO CELLACH Macalister/1949 51 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; mixed ; separated The inscription is in the upper sinister quadrant, the two lower quadrants, as well as on the shaft of the cross. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The D has an ascender bending to the left over an open bow; the E is three-pronged; the A is in the `OC' form and the R is majuscule. |
| Legibility: | good |
| Lines: | 3 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |