| Corpus Refs: | Huebner/1876:231 Macalister/1945:379 Nash-Williams/1950:170 |
| Site: | MRTHR |
| Discovery: | non-arch dig, 1875 sexton |
| History: | Westwood/1879, 97: `This stone is now fixed as a seat in the north porch of the newly rebuilt church of Merthyr Monach...It was found by the sexton in digging a grave two yards distant from the south wall of the present church, two feet below the surface, having formerly been crossed by the south wall of the Derllys Chapel, which formed part of the former church'. Macalister/1945, 361: `Lying in the porch of the parish church'. Nash-Williams/1950, 118: `Inside church porch'.
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| Geology: | Westwood/1879, 97: `grey grit'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.33 x 0.46 x 0.27 (converted from Nash-Williams/1950) |
| Setting: | in display |
| Location: | on site Macalister/1945, 361: `Lying in the porch of the parish church'. Nash-Williams/1950, 118: `Inside church porch'. |
| Form: | plain |
| Condition: | complete , good Macalister/1945, 361, states that the inscription is worn, and that there is a hollow on the stone, and that 'some accidental marks on the surface -- scratches on the head of the stone, and a figure resembling G or CI below the word FILI -- are of no importance'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Rhys, J. (1877): | CATURUG{I} | FILILOVERNAC{I} Expansion: CATURUGI | FILI LOVERNACI Translation: Caturugus (PN) son of Lovernacus (PN). Huebner/1876 88 reading only Macalister/1945 361 reading only Rhys/1877b 138 reading only Westwood/1876 97--98 reading only |
| Nash-Williams, V.E. (1950): | CATURUG | FILILOVERNAC{I} Expansion: CATURUG | FILI LOVERNACI Translation: (The stone of) Caturug (PN) son of Lovernacus (PN). Nash-Williams/1950 118 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical up |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated Macalister/1945, 361: `When the stone was standing the writing must have run vertically upward, not downward'. Nash-Williams/1950, 170: `vertically downwards(?)'. |
| Incision: | pocked Macalister/1945, 361: `pocked on the faces, carelessly formed'. Nash-Williams/1950, 118: `lightly picked'. |
| Date: | 466 - 599 (Nash-Williams/1950) 533 - 566 (Westwood/1876) 500 - 533 (Jackson/1953) |
| Language: | Latin (rcaps) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Nash-Williams/1950, 118: `Roman capitals...with half-uncial F (?) and L. Horizontal final -I in l. 2'. The Rs have short diagonal strokes, the bars of the F slope downwards and upwards respectively, the N and O are shorter than the other letters, the Cs are quite open. |
| Legibility: | good Macalister/1945, 361: `Inscription...rather worn'. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |