| Corpus Refs: | Kermode/1907:115 |
| Site: | MAUGH |
| Discovery: | in/on structure, 1900 Kermode, R.D. |
| History: | Kermode/1907, 101, 213: `found at Maughold Church when undergoing extensive repairs in 1900, and now in the village Hall, by the Vicarage...found during extensive repairs to Maughold Church, and brought to me by the Vicar, Rev. R.D. Kermode, in December, 1900'. Megaw/1950, 173: `actually found in the walls of Maughold church'. The stone now stands in the `House of Crosses' at Maughold. |
| Geology: | Kermode/1907, 213, describes the stone as `slaty' and local. |
| Dimensions: | 0.33 x 0.33 x 0.06 (converted from Kermode/1907) |
| Setting: | in display |
| Location: | Manx Museum (Cat: MM 145) Now in the `House of Crosses' at Maughold. |
| Form: | panel The stone is squarish and of no obvious function. Kermode/1907, 214, however, argues that it was erected within the church walls for instruction. |
| Condition: | incomplete , good The stone is broken. If the second half of the ogham alphabet was carved on this stone then about half of its original length is missing. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: inc; outline; straight; plain; round holl; none; billet; inc; plain |
| Decorations: | incomplete data
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| Kermode, P.M.C. (1907): | BLVSNHDTCQ[---] Expansion: BLVSNHDTCQ[---] Kermode/1907 214 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | inc ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated This part of the Ogham alphabet, is below the runic inscription. |
| Incision: | cut |
| Date: | 820 - 820 (Cubbon/1982) Cubbon here dates the inscription by the lettering. 800 - 899 (Jackson/1953) 766 - 833 (Cubbon/1971) 1190 - 1190 (Megaw/1950) |
| Language: | Goidelic (oghms) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | none |
| Legibility: | good The letters we have are perfectly clear. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |
| Kermode, P.M.C. (1907): | [I]UAN:BRIST:RAISTI:ThISIR:RUNUR | FUThORKHNIASTBML Expansion: [I]UAN : BRIST : RAISTI : THISIR : RUNUR | FUTHORK HNIAS TBML Translation: John (PN) the priest cut these runes. Futhork... Kermode/1907 213-214 reading only Macalister/1945 483 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | inc ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated The runic inscription begins about half way down the stone and is above the runic alphabet (futhork), which is itself above the Ogham alphabet. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 1148 - (Page/1983) The person `John the priest' is found on another stone, (K. 114) which can be dated by reference to a person mentioned on it to after 1148. 1148 - (McManus/1991) |
| Language: | norse (runic) |
| Ling. Notes: | The runic inscription has some rare forms for words and has been described as having been executed by someone who did not have complete command of the Norse language Kermode/1907, 77--78. |
| Palaeography: | none |
| Legibility: | good The runes are perfectly clear. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |