| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:128 Macalister/1949:689 Petrie/1872:115 |
| Site: | CLMAC |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
| History: | Macalister/1909, 26, argued that, on the basis of some smaller crosses added to the stone, the stone was re-used as an altar-slab. Petrie/1872, 54: `Drawn by Dr Petrie, at Clonmacnois, in 1822, and by Mr. Du Noyer, in the year 1854, between which dates the portion containing the letters OR was broken off'. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 52. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.55 x 0.46 x 0.05 (converted from Macalister/1909) |
| Setting: | inc |
| Location: | on site |
| Form: | cross-slab |
| Condition: | incomplete , some |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; inner curv; half-round; plain 2: equal-armed; linear; straight; bifid; plain; none; none; none; n/a 3: equal-armed; linear; straight; bifid; plain; none; none; none; n/a |
| Decorations: | Macalister/1909, 26: `A cross with three-line stem, plain circular central expansion and semi-circular arm ends...The stone seems to have been adapted as an altar-slab, small crosses, fourchées, being cut on the edge. As they interfere with the design, they are no doubt later additions. Probably there were two or more of these on the broken part of the slab, making with the original crosses, five in all. It must be admitted, however, that Petrie (No. 115) shows the slab complete, and there are no other crosslets indicated'. Macalister/1949, 52: `Cross with circular expansion at the centre, semi-circular expansions at the ends. Smaller crosses, fourchées, cut on the surface'. |
| Petrie, G. (1872): | O~R~DO || FOGAR | TACHM~ || BROEN | A{I}N Expansion: OROIT DO FOGARTACH MAC BROENAIN Translation: Pray for Fogartach (PN) son of Broenan (PN). Petrie/1872 54, Plate XLV reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | [O~R~]DO || FOGAR | TACHM~ || BR{O}EN | A{I}N Expansion: [OROIT] DO FOGARTACH MAC BROENAIN Macalister/1909 26 reading only Macalister/1949 52 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated The surviving inscription runs downwards within the upper right quadrant and the two lower quadrants. |
| Incision: | inc Macalister/1909, 26: `Though simple, the execution of this cross and of the accompanying lettering displays great skill on the part of the engraver'. |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The initial D has an ascender bending leftwards over an open heart-shaped bow, all of the O's also taper to the bottom. The A's are in the `OC' form; the G and F are good insular half-uncial forms; the M of the 2nd line has a contraction mark above it; the B has a curled open bow and a wedge shaped finial atop the ascender; the O and I of the last two lines each have accents above them; the E is closed and the R's are majuscule. |
| Legibility: | some |
| Lines: | 4 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |