DUROW/3

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1949:593
Site:DUROW
Discovery:first mentioned, 1845 Petrie, G.
History:Petrie/1878, 57: `Drawn at Durrow by Dr. Petrie about the year 1845'.
Geology:
Dimensions:0.84 x 0.64 x 0.0 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:in ground
Location:earliest
Form:cross-slab
Macalister/1949, 42: `The upper sinister corner of the stone was defective from the first as is shown by the way the marginal frame is here rounded off'.
Condition:complete , good
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: equal-armed; interlace; straight; expanded; square; angular; inner curv; none; decorated
Decorations:geometric ribbon interlace

Macalister/1949, 41--42: `an equal-armed cross in a circle contained within a rectangular frame in relief. A square expansion at the centre with a spiral interlacement in the centre: rectangular expansions at the ends of the arms with ordinary interlacements...On the circle are running spirals, alternatively round and square'.

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DUROW/3/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):+O~R~DOCHATHALAN
Expansion:
+ OROIT DO CHATHALAN
Macalister/1945 41--42 concise discussion

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:n/a ; both ; above cross ; separated
Macalister/1949, 42: `The slightly longer stem indicates that the inscription is inverted with respect to the design, doubtless because a footpath ran past the side that its orientation requires to be uppermost'.
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The first and third A's are in the 'OC' form. The D has a vertical ascender and an open bow. The R is half-uncial as is the T with a curved ascender and a flat top-stroke. The Hs are minuscule and the minuscule N has a flat top-stroke.
Legibility:good
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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