Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:856 |
Site: | GALPR |
Discovery: | arch excav, 1935 Kendrick, T.D. |
History: | Found by T.D. Kendrick during his excavations of the priory. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.66 x 0.51 x 0.12 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | unattch |
Location: | on site Macalister/1949, 72: `in an out-house near the gate-lodge'. |
Form: | cross-slab Macalister/1949, 74, notes that this stone is a slab but that there is a `triangular projection from the base of the slab, 6 ins. high, and 10 ins. broad, [which] is separated from the rest of the monument by a groove 3/4" across and 1/2" deep -- apparently the trace of an abortive effort made to saw it off'. |
Condition: | frgmntry , some |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; n/a; round holl; none; inner curv; none; plain 2: latin; outline; expanded; n/a; curved; circular; none; none; plain 3: latin; outline; straight; n/a; curved; circular; none; none; plain 4: latin; outline; straight; n/a; curved; circular; none; none; plain |
Decorations: | other Macalister/1949, 74: `a crudely executed cross. In three cantons there is a small circle containing a cross, in the fourth a combination of three circles in a trefoil. It is conceivable that these figures, which have all the appearance of graffiti additions to the original design, are intended to typify the Three Persons and their Union in the Holy Trinity: a curious anticipation, if so, of the myth of St Patrick and the Shamrock'. Macalister speculates the same hand responsible for these additions was also responsible for the inscription. |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | ADRAIM Expansion: ADRAIM Translation: I adore. Macalister/1949 74 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 half-uncial. The D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open bow. The R is majuscule and the M has curved top strokes. The A's are minuscule, and the second example appears to be conjoined with the following I. |
Legibility: | inc |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |