| Corpus Refs: | Higgins/1987:81 Macalister/1949:537 |
| Site: | KBRCN |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1878 Petrie, G. |
| History: | Macalister/1949, 7: `passed to Belfast Museum by way of the Grainger collection'. |
| Geology: | Higgins/1987, 359: `limestone'. |
| Dimensions: | 0.48 x 0.33 x 0.65 (Higgins/1987) |
| Setting: | in display |
| Location: | unknown Higgins/1987, 359: `This stone used to be at Temple Brecan, Aran Islands, but is now in the Ulster Museum, Belfast, having been acquired there as part of the Grainger Collection'. |
| Form: | fragment Higgins/1987, 359: `a fragmentary slab of limestone'. |
| Condition: | frgmntry , inc |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: equal-armed; outline; expanded; expanded; curved; circular; outer curv; none; plain |
| Decorations: | Higgins/1987, 359: `Two outer lines encircle the cross. Inside these there is a single-line cross with two-line `thistle' shaped angles under each arm. At the junction of the lines of the cross there is a single-line circle inside of which there is a circular depression'. |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | CETHERNA[C][H] Expansion: CETHERNAC[H] Macalister/1949 7, Plate II concise discussion |
| Higgins, J.G. (1987): | CETHERNAC[H] Expansion: CETHERNACH Higgins/1987 359, Fig.77, Plate 51, 52 concise discussion |
| Orientation: | circular |
| Position: | n/a ; n/a ; above cross ; other Higgins/1987, 359: `This inscription...follows the curve of the lines encircling the cross'. |
| Incision: | pocking Higgins/1987, 359: `Both the cross and the inscription have been executed by pocking with a small sharp point'. |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | unknown (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Higgins/1987, 359: `half uncials'. CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The minuscule H has wedge-shaped finials. The Es are in the open uncial form and both have extended horizontal strokes. In the first example this stroke forms a ligature with the following half-uncial T. The R is half-uncial and the N is minuscule with a flattish top. |
| Legibility: | poor Macalister/1949, 7: `the last two letters are broken off'.
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| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | n |
| Doubtful: | no |