Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:902 Okasha/Forsyth/2001:Inishcaltra 15 |
Site: | ICLTA |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1880 Deane, T.N. |
History: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 86: `The stone was first recorded by Deane in 1880 when it was lying in the graveyard ... The stone remains in this position'. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 1.77 x 0.52 x 0.06 (Okasha/Forsyth/2001) |
Setting: | in ground |
Location: | earliest Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 85: `This stone is in the Saints' Graveyard, apparently in situ. It lies to the south of Teampal na bhFear nGonta and is partially turfed over'. |
Form: | body-slab Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 86: `The stone is a large recumbent cross-slab'. |
Condition: | complete , poor Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 86: `complete but now in a poor state of preservation ... The lower part of the shaft is now very worn'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; linear; straight; plain; round holl; none; none; angular; plain |
Decorations: | Macalister/1916, 158: `Cross with hollowed angles, standing on a triangular base with curved sides. Two horizontal lines run off from the sides of the stem to the edge of the slab a little above the base'. Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 86: `The face of the slab is incised with an outline Latin cross with semi-circular hollow armpits'. |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1915): | ORD[.]DOMNALL Expansion: OROIT D[O] DOMNALL Macalister/1916 158 reading only Macalister/1949 91 other reference |
Okasha and Forsyth (1996): | O~R~[--]DOMNALL Expansion: OROIT [DO] DOMNALL Translation: A prayer for Domnall (PN). Okasha/Forsyth/2001 86 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | W ; top ; on cross ; undivided Macalister/1949, 91: `Inscription on the stem of the cross reading downward'. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Incomplete Information (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 86: `The text uses half-uncial script'. CISP: The lettering is in Insular half-uncial. The A is in the 'OC' form, the two Ls are curved and the D and Ls each have a short extension to the left from the top of their ascenders. In the case of the M this extension to the left is atop the first ascender. The D has a closed bow and the 'ascender' looks more like a short leftward stroke from the top left of the bow. |
Legibility: | some Macalister/1916, 158: `Inscription...worn and faint; but the reading is certain'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | n |
Doubtful: | no |