Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:883D |
Site: | GLEND |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1804 Ledwich |
History: | |
Geology: | Macalister/1949, 84: `soft limestone'. |
Dimensions: | 1.6 x 0.64 x 0.0 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | on ground |
Location: | other Macalister/1949, 84: `It was in the Refert graveyard but being of soft limestone it became the prey of the knives of holiday-makers who effected terrible havoc on the inscribed surface. To protect it against further injury it has been moved into `St Kevin's Kitchen', where it is kept under surveillance'. |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | inc , poor Macalister/1949, 84: `being of soft limestone it became the prey of the knives of holidaymakers, who effected terrible havoc on the inscribed surface...It is highly probable that most, if not all, of the numerous slabs in the Refert graveyard were inscribed, but footwear of the careless has reduced them, for the greater part, to blank surfaces'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: inc; inc; inc; inc; inc; none; inc; none; n/a |
Decorations: | geometric ribbon interlace Macalister/1949, 84: `a cross having triquetra ends at the terminals'. |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | [--] Expansion: [--] Macalister/1949 84 minor reference |
Orientation: | vertical up |
Position: | inc ; head ; inc ; inc In the lower dexter canton. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | unknown (inc) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: Not enough survives to make any comment about the lettering. |
Legibility: | poor Macalister/1949, 84: `There seem to be vague traces of writing in the lower dexter canton, reading upward, but I can make nothing of them'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | yes |