| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:550 Petrie/1878:14 |
| Site: | FUERT |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1862 Kelly, D.H. |
| History: | Petrie/1878, 13: `This stone was discovered by Mr. D.H. Kelly in the year 1862...Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Fuerty, in the year 1865'.
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| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown) |
| Setting: | in ground |
| Location: | earliest |
| Form: | cross-slab |
| Condition: | complete , good |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; expanded; expanded; plain; ind; inner curv; none; plain |
| Decorations: | animal Macalister/1949, 15, records that this stone carries a depiction of a fish `in the lower sinister canton'. The shape of the fish's tail follows the shape of the base of the cross. |
| Petrie, G. (1865): | O~R~ARANMAINOID | ACAIN Expansion: OROIT AR ANMAIN OIDACAIN Translation: Pray for the soul of Oidacan (PN). Petrie/1878 12 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | O~R~ARANMAINAID | AC{A}IN Expansion: OROIT AR ANMAIN AIDACÁIN Macalister/1949 15 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; beside cross ; undivided |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The six A's in this inscription all have squarish bows, and on three occasions the bows are open. The Rs have bifid serifs at the top of their ascenders and two of the minuscule Ns have flat top strokes. The D has an ascender which bends to the left over the bow, and the initial O is larger than the other letters. |
| Legibility: | good |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |