| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:1001 Nash-Williams/1950:181 |
| Site: | LRHAI |
| Discovery: | in/on structure, 1879 Babington, Prof. |
| History: | The stone was discovered in 1879 by Prof Babington, Mr Hartland and Mr Robinson built into the south-western portion of the wall of the south aisle Anon/1880, 78. Anon/1894, 153, has the stone erected in the church near the vestry door. Anon/1923, 398--403, has the stone resting against the south-west wall of the south aisle. Nash-Williams/1936, 82: `Formerly built into SW. wall of S. aisle.' Macalister/1949, 150, had not seen the stone and merely reproduces the information contained in Hughes/1923. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 1.71 x 0.5 x 0.11 (converted from Nash-Williams/1950) |
| Setting: | in display |
| Location: | on site Nash-Williams/1950, 123: `Inside church, affixed to S. wall of S. chancel aisle.' |
| Form: | body-slab Long, thin, rectangular cross-slab sculpted on one face only. |
| Condition: | incomplete , inc Nash-Williams/1936, 82: `head of slab slightly damaged'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; plain; curved; none; inner curv; angular; plain |
| Decorations: | geometric ribbon interlace; geometric key pattern; geometric spiral Nash-Williams/1950, 121: `Full-length plain Latin wheel-cross of Celtic type carved in medium relief, with square arm-ends, large rounded armpits, and faintly splayed stem. Flanking the wheel-head on both sides in the upper spandrels are two large incised spiral ornaments (n. As commonly found on Manx cross-slabs ...) (partly flaked away). In the field to the l. and r. of the stem below are a vertical band of incised plain six-cord ribbon-plait...and a band of combined triangular and square fret...disposed diagonally'. |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | +XPI CON FILIUS DETEN FECIT
(This is not a reading by Macalister, who says he has not seen the stone). Expansion: + CHR(IST)I CON FILIUS DETEN FECIT Macalister/1949 150 reading only |
| Nash-Williams, V.E. (1950): | +XR[I]C[O]NFILIUSL[.] | T[O]N Expansion: +XR(ST)I C[O]N FILIUS L[.]TON Translation: The cross of Christ. Con(PN), son of L(.)ton(PN) (?set it up) Nash-Williams/1950 121 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | inc ; broad ; on cross ; undivided The inscription runs along the horizontal arms of the cross. |
| Incision: | incised |
| Date: | 800 - 999 (Nash-Williams/1950) |
| Language: | Latin (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | none |
| Legibility: | some The inscription is quite worn and difficult to make out. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |