| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:998 Nash-Williams/1950:164 |
| Site: | LLLWY |
| Discovery: | non-arch dig, 1907 Watkin-Jones |
| History: | Stephney-Gulston/1908, 235: `on the 23rd November, 1907...the stone...was struck by the ploughshare about 1 ft. below the surface...the stone was carefully lifted and carried into the farm store-room under shelter'. Evans/1917, 164, states that the stone `has been removed for safety to Highmead, the residence of H. Davies-Evans, Esq., Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire'. Nash-Williams/1935, 81, states that the stone is still at Highmead, as does Macalister/1949, 143, who further notes that it is `in an arbour in the grounds of High Mead House, near Llanybyther'. National Museum of Wales cast no. 14.306/24. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.91 x 0.23 x 0.14 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
| Setting: | in display |
| Location: | other Macalister/1949, 143: `now preserved in an arbour in the grounds of High Mead House near Llanybyther'. |
| Form: | plain Nash-Williams/1950, 116: `rough pillar-stone'. Stepney-Gulston/1908, 235: `apparently unhewn'. |
| Condition: | complete , good Even though the stone was struck by a ploughshare, it does not seem to be damaged. However, Macalister/1949, 143, records the stone as a `fragment'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Stepney-Gulston, A. (1908): | HEUTR | EN Expansion: HEUTR | EN Translation: (? The stone of) Heutren (PN). Macalister/1949 143 reading only Nash-Williams/1950 116 reading only Stepney-Gulston/1908 236 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated Nash-Williams/1950, 116: `in two lines reading vertically downwards'. |
| Incision: | pocked Nash-Williams/1950, 116: `neatly picked'. Macalister/1949, 143: `pocked and rubbed on the face'. |
| Date: | 600 - 899 (Nash-Williams/1950) 800 - 999 (Stepney-Gulston/1908) |
| Language: | name only (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Nash-Williams/1950, 116: `round half-uncials'. Macalister/1949, 143: `mixed capitals and half-uncials'. The central strokes of the two Es extend beyond the other strokes, the U is falt-bottomed, the diagonal stroke of the N joins the ascender half-way up the stroke, and the T is smaller than the other letters, seemingly squashed in by the N as if to imply that the last letters was inscribed earlier. There is a dot, or stop-mark, after the final -N. |
| Legibility: | good The text is clear. Macalister/1949, 143: `in good condidition'. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |