Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:463 Okasha/1993:15 |
Site: | GULV2 |
Discovery: | in/on structure, 1885 Wingfield, W.W. |
History: | Langdon/1896, 372, notes that the stone was found on Sept. 18, 1885, while taking down the east end of the chancel of the church (14th c.) where is had been used as a quoin. He then states that `It now stands near the south-west angle of the church'. Okasha/1993, 113: `In 1889 Langdon recorded the stone in the churchyard, and in 1890--1 he said it had been `lately erected upside down'. |
Geology: | Macalister/1945, 440: `granite'. |
Dimensions: | 1.35 x 0.47 x 0.31 (Okasha/1993) |
Setting: | in ground |
Location: | on site Okasha/1993, 113: `The stone is now in Gulval churchyard, near the porch on the south side of the church'. |
Form: | Cramp shaft A The shaft has a tenon at its base (which is now at the top), almost certainly to fit into a now missing base. Langdon/1896, 373, notes that `a very pronounced entasis characterises the shaft, making it wider at the present top, which was probably the original middle [which is now at the bottom], than at the bottom. The stone when entire was probably similar in shape to the cross-shaft at Biscovey [BISCV/1]'. Okasha/1993, 113: `The stone is...a cross-shaft'. |
Condition: | frgmntry , poor Langdon/1896, 373, notes that parts are `much mutilated'. Macalister/1945, 440, notes that parts are `much disintergrated'. Okasha/1993, 113: `probably complete'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | geometric key pattern Langdon/1896, 373--374: `Front -- This is divided into three panels of uneven depth. The longest is at the top, and has a piece of figure-of-eight plaitwork, showing the square termination of the pattern at the bottom. Now, if the knot were completed at the top, as shown by the dotted lines on the Plate, a figure of eight would be formed; and considering that this is one of the most favoured forms of interlace work adopted in the county, it is highly probable that it was used here, especially as a small piece only is missing...The remaining three sides have one panel each, and contain the following ornament: -- Left side -- A panel of Z-shaped, key-pattern ornament so shallow in execution that it has the appearance of incised work; or it may be intended for two flat bands, twisted together. Back -- A panel of irregular twist-and-ring pattern, having the square termination shown at the bottom. Right side -- A panel similar to that on the left side, but not quite so coarse in execution, and with one more key in the length'. |
Langdon, A.G. (1896): | VN | VI Expansion: VNVI Langdon/1896 373 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | VRI | VI Expansion: VRIVI Macalister/1945 440 reading only |
Okasha, E. (1985): | [--] | [--] Expansion: [--] Okasha/1993 113--115 reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; panel Okasha/1993, 113: `The text is incised on one face of the stone, at the bottom of the shaft, inside a panel...the two lines of text are separated by a framing-line'. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | 800 - 1099 (Okasha/1993) |
Language: | Incomplete Information (rcaps) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | The two lines of text as drawn by Macalister/1945, 440, and Langdon/1896, facing 373, are separated by a framing line. Okasha/1993, 113: `it is uncertain what script was used'. Langdon/1896, 373: `capital letters'. |
Legibility: | poor Langdon/1896, 372--373, and Macalister/1945, 440, give slightly different readings. Neither mention the state of the letters but note that the ornament is badly deteriorated suggesting the letters were likely to be in poor condition. Okasha/1993, 112, considers the text to be `now illegible'. |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |