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