Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:336 Nash-Williams/1950:67a |
Site: | PONTS |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1694 Lhuyd, E. |
History: | Lhwyd/1910, 90: `On Ystrad mountain in ye parish of Landhetty'. Nash-Williams/1950, 79: 'Sketched by or for Edward Llwyd. Now lost'. Webley/1957, 119: `The author rediscovered the stone while carrying out an archaeological survey in South Brecknockshire. It is sited not on the Ystrad Mountain but immediately below in the Cwm Criban valley'. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 1.65 x 0.35 x 0.3 (converted from Webley/1957) |
Setting: | in ground |
Location: | other Webley/1957, 119: `It is sited … in the Cwm Criban valley'. Webley/1957, 119, also gives the grid reference of O.S. 6-in. Sheet 46NW, 1-in. Sheet 141/073131. |
Form: | plain Webley/1957, 119--120, refers to the stone as a 'pillar' with a 'pronounced shoulder' 22 inches from the top. Nash-Williams/1950, 79: `Rough pillar-stone, 'pitch'd on end a yard a.h. high, a foot thick, h. a yd. broad''. |
Condition: | complete , good |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | --]Q[--]T[--]C[--]D[-- Expansion: --]Q[--]T[--]C[--]D[-- Macalister/1945 322 concise discussion |
Webley, D.P.S. (1957): | M[.]Q[.]D[.]C[.]DA Expansion: M[A]Q[I]D[E]C[E]DA Translation: Maqi-Deceda(PN). Webley/1957 120--121 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical up |
Position: | inc ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated Webley/1957, 120: `An Ogam inscriptions running up the dexter edge faces the entrance to the Cwm Criban valley', |
Incision: | inc Webley/1957, 120: `Each Ogam stroke is 5 in. long and between 1/4 and a 1/2 in. deep, and seems to have been rubbed smooth to just under an inch in width after its initial cutting'. |
Date: | 400 - 599 (Nash-Williams/1950) |
Language: | name only (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Nash-Williams/1950, 79: `Ogam inscription (?) apparently incised along the r. angle of the face. Reading indeterminate'. |
Legibility: | n/a Webley/1957, 120, gives no suggestion of a difficulty in reading. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | n |
Doubtful: | no |
Williams, I. (1957): | [--] | [--]MAQI[--] Expansion: [--]MAQI[--] Williams/1957 121, Pl. XXCI(b) reading only |
Orientation: | Incomplete Information |
Position: | inc ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Latin (rcaps) |
Ling. Notes: | Webley/1957, 120: `possibly in Latin'. |
Palaeography: | none |
Legibility: | poor Webley/1957, 120: `On the reverse side there appears to have been another inscription, possibly in Latin, but it has been completely obliterated'. |
Lines: | |
Carving errors: | |
Doubtful: | no |