| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:581 |
| Site: | MBOIC |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1856 Graves, J. |
| History: | Macalister/1949, 32: `lying prostrate to the north of the ruined church buildings in the cemetery'. Roe/1981, 11: `now lying near the north wall of the North Church'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 1.7 x 0.79 x 0.0 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
| Setting: | on ground |
| Location: | on site Roe/1981, 11: `now lying near the north wall of the North Church'. |
| Form: | cross-slab |
| Condition: | complete , some The drawing of the stone in Macalister/1949, 32, indicates some damage to the face of the stone. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; angular; inner curv; none; decorated |
| Decorations: | Macalister/1949, 32: `a cross with plain expansions, circular in the centre and semi-circular at the terminals, within a rectangular framework'. Roe/1981, 11: `ornamented by a three-line frame enclosing a cross with circular centre and semi-circular expansions'. |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | ORDVRU || ARCAN Expansion: OR DV RUARCAN Macalister/1949 32 reading only |
| Roe, H.M. (1981): | ORDORU || ARCAN Expansion: OR DO RUARCAN Roe/1981 11 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical up |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated Macalister/1949, 32, states that the inscription is `along the sinister edge, running downward'. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 966 - 1033 (Roe/1981) |
| Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | Macalister/1949, 32, reads the second word as DV, this is a very rare spelling for DO. |
| Palaeography: | The inscription is in half-uncial.There are three different forms of R, the first half-uncial and angular, the second also half-uncial but more rounded and the third form is majuscule, with an open-bow. The D has a leftwards leaning ascender with a wedge-shaped finial, and the ascender of the U extends below where is it joined by the curved stroke from the left. |
| Legibility: | good |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |