GLEND/9

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1949:883B
Site:GLEND
Discovery:first mentioned, 1804 Ledwich
History:
Geology:
Dimensions:1.75 x 1.57 x 0.0 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:on ground
Location:on site
Prostrate on the north side of the building popularly called St. Kevin's Kitchen: No. 95 in the Board of Works Report.
Form:cross-slab
Condition:incomplete , some
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; angular; none; none; plain
Decorations:

Macalister/1949, 83--84: `a Latin cross having commonplace triquetra ends to the terminals'.

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Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):OROIT || ARDOMNALL
Expansion:
OROIT AR DOMNALL
Macalister/1949 83--84 concise discussion

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated
In the dexter cantons, reading downward.
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: Macalister's comments about the difficulty of the reading make use of his drawing problematic. The text appears to have been in Insular half-uncial, with 'OC' A's, curved Ls and majuscule Rs.
Legibility:poor
Macalister/1949, 83--84: `It is much battered and requires prolonged scrutiny to make anything of it at all, though it is not difficult to see that there has been an inscription in the dexter cantons, reading downward'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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