Corpus Refs: | none |
Site: | LGERN |
Discovery: | recognised, 1985 Vaughan, I. |
History: | Edwards/1987, 58, states that the stone had been visible for ten years, before it was turned over and the inscription noticed in October 1985. It is now at the farm. |
Geology: | Edwards/1987, 58: `local shale'. |
Dimensions: | 1.1 x 0.6 x 0.2 (Edwards/1987) |
Setting: | unattch |
Location: | on site Edwards/1987, 58: 'the stone is now at the farm'. |
Form: | plain |
Condition: | incomplete , good Edwards/1987, 58: `the right hand side has been broken away, probably some time ago...there is a series of incised lines at the bottom of the stone on the right-hand narrow side...probably caused by the stone being used as a sharpening surface'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Edwards, N. (1987): | VERE[--] Expansion: VERE[--] Translation: (the stone of) Vere[--](PN) Edwards/1987 58 reading only Edwards/1991 132 reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated The inscriptions is in one horizontal line which begins near the top of the stone. |
Incision: | incised Edwards/1987, 58: `incised'. |
Date: | 400 - 633 (Edwards/1987) |
Language: | name only (rcaps) |
Ling. Notes: | Edwards/1987, 58: `first part of a personal name, very possibly in the genitive. |
Palaeography: | Edwards/1987, 58: 'debased roman capitals'. The V and R are in the standard capitalis forms, the first E has its two upper cross-bars at an upwards oblique angle, and the second E has the bottom bar at an upwards oblique angle. |
Legibility: | good Edwards/1987, 58, indicates that the first four letters are clear, and that `there are also traces of the vertical line of a fifth letter'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |