| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:374 Nash-Williams/1950:172 |
| Site: | NEWCH |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1856 Lhuyd, E. |
| History: | Anon/1919a, no. II, p. 7: `In 1856, the late Captain Davies, finding the few grave stones which then remained in or about the ruined chapel of Llanfihangel Croesfini, 'Llanfihangel of the Crossed stone', were in danger of being broken up for road metal, removed this stone … to his residence at Trawsmawr, and re-erected [it] … on the terrace before his house. In 1917, his grandson, Mr. Registrar Stephens-Davies, passed over to the [Carmarthenshire Antiquarian] Society the custody of [it]… with the condition that the Society is not to permit of [its] … leaving the county. …[It was] then removed from Trawsmawr to Carmarthen. Macalister/1945, 356: `formerly in the grounds of Traws Mawr House, whither [it has] … been removed for safety from the demolished parish church of Llan Newydd. …now in Carmarthen Museum'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 1.88 x 0.28 x 0.23 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
| Setting: | in display |
| Location: | Carmarthenshire Museum Now in Carmarthen Museum. |
| Form: | plain |
| Condition: | complete , good |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; linear; straight; other; square; none; n/a; none; n/a |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Rhys, J. (1875): | CVNEGN{I} Expansion: CVNEGNI Huebner/1876 89 reading only Rhys/1875 359 reading only Thomas/1994 106 reading only Westwood/1876 89 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | CVNEGN{I} Expansion: CVNEGNI Macalister/1945 357 reading only |
| Nash-Williams, V.E. (1950): | CVNEGN{I} Expansion: CVNEGNI Translation: (The stone) of Cunegnus (PN). Nash-Williams/1950 118 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; beside cross ; undecorated The inscription runs down the right-hand edge of its face, and apart from the first and last letters, is at the same height on the stone as the cross on the next face. |
| Incision: | pocked Macalister/1945, 357, 'pocked and rubbed'. Nash-Williams/1950, 'rather coarsely but lightly picked'. |
| Date: | 400 - 533 (Nash-Williams/1950) 400 - 499 (Jackson/1953) 500 - 599 (Thomas/1994) |
| Language: | name only (rcaps) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Nash-Williams/1950, 118, `Roman capitals...with horizontal final -I'. The G is also sickle-shaped as in half-uncial, and the two strokes of the V-shaped U are each bowed to the right, as is the right hand ascender of the second N. |
| Legibility: | good Plate XI of Nash-Williams/1950 indicates that the text is clear, yet Rhys/1875, 359, states that 'the first stroke of the second N is so faint that some would read the name CVNEGV--; but the inclination of V is wanting in the letter in question, and Professor Hughes of Cambridge thought the grain of the stone proved there had been a cutting which made the letter N, and not V.' |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |
Also see Jackson/1953, 670.
Thomas/1994, 250 notes both Cunegnos and Cunignos, but argues that both mean `Little-hound, Little-wolf'.