GALPR/6

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.

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Inscriptions


GALPR/6/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):ADRAIM
Expansion:
ADRAIM
Translation:
I adore.
Macalister/1949 74 reading only

Notes

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

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