| Corpus Refs: | Okasha/1993:25 Thomas/1994:1403 |
| Site: | LUNDY |
| Discovery: | non-arch dig, 1905 inc |
| History: | Okasha/1993, 154--55: `The stone was discovered in 1905 when a new grave was being dug in the north west corner of the ruins of St. Helen's Chapel on Beacon Hill. Gardner said: `it would seem that the stone had been incorporated in the wall at this point'. The inscription was not noticed until 1923 at which date the stone was `in a corner of the burial ground'; this is probably near the place where it had been found in 1905. In May 1981 the stone was moved to its present position'. |
| Geology: | Thomas/1994, 165: `granite pillar'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.17 x 0.42 x 0.32 (Okasha/1993) |
| Setting: | in ground |
| Location: | on site Okasha/1993, 154: `The stone is now set...against an enclosure bank of Beacon Hill cemetery, Lundy Island'. |
| Form: | plain Okasha/1993, 156: `This is a pillar stone'. |
| Condition: | incomplete , some Okasha/1993, 156, states that the stone is `incomplete'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Thomas, C. (1969): | --]IGERN{I} | --]ITIGERN{I} Expansion: --]IGERNI [FIL]I TIGERNI Translation: Of [--]igernus(PN), son of Tigernus(PN). Thomas/1969 139 reading only Thomas/1994 165--166 reading only |
| Okasha, E. (1986): | --.]GERN{I} | --.T]I[.]ERN{I} Expansion: --I]GERNI [FILI] [T]I[G]ERNI Translation: [The stone] of -igernus(PN), [?son] of Tigernus (PN). Okasha/1993 156 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated Okasha/1993, 156: `The text is incised without framing lines or panels in two lines on one face of the stone'. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 500 - 799 (Okasha/1993) 566 - 599 (Thomas/1994) 566 - 599 (Thomas/1969) |
| Language: | Latin (rcaps) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Okasha/1993, 156: `predominantly capital script...horizontal I'. Thomas/1969, 139: `The style of lettering (sickle G, final I on its side) suggest a date nearer 600'. |
| Legibility: | some Okasha/1993, 156: `The text is incomplete and slightly deteriorated'. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |