| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:898 Okasha/Forsyth/2001:Inishcaltra 11 |
| Site: | ICLTA |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1880 Deane, T.N. |
| History: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 76: `The stone was first recorded by Deane in 1880 when it was lying in the graveyard ... The stone remains in this position'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 1.39 x 0.56 x 0.09 (Okasha/Forsyth/2001) |
| Setting: | in ground |
| Location: | earliest Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 76: `This stone is in the Saints' Graveyard, apparently in situ. It lies at the southern end of a composite kerbed structure of three (formerly five) recumbent slabs'. |
| Form: | body-slab Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 76: `The stone is a large recumbent cross-slab'. |
| Condition: | incomplete , some Macalister/1916, 157: `It is imperfect, as the upper dexter corner of the slab is broken away and lost'. Macalister/1949, 90: `End [of the inscription] lost with a fracture of the upper dexter corner of the slab'. Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 76: `complete except for a small piece broken off at the bottom left corner and a more substantial piece off the top right corner ... The stone is in substantially the condition that it was when Deane drew it'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; plain; round holl; none; none; angular; plain |
| Decorations: | Macalister/1916, 157, describes the cross as a Latin cross with hollowed angles and expanding square base. Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 76: `The face of the slab is dressed and is incised with an outline Latin cross with semi-circular armpits and a square base, closed at the bottom'. |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1915): | O~R~DOMAE[L-- Expansion: OROIT DO MAEL[-- Macalister/1916 157 reading only Macalister/1949 90 reading only |
| Okasha and Forsyth (1996): | O~R~DOMAE[-- Expansion: OROIT DO MAE[-- Translation: A prayer for Máe[-- (PN). Okasha/Forsyth/2001 77 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | W ; top ; above cross ; undivided Macalister/1916, 157: `Inscription at the head of the cross, inverted'. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 1100 - 1199 (Macalister/1916) |
| Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 77: `The text is legible and uses half-uncial script'. CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The A is in the 'OC' form and the D has a wedge-shaped finial at the end of its ascender which bends to the left over an open bow. The R is majuscule and the E is in the closed minuscule form. |
| Legibility: | some |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |