PTREF/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:401
Nash-Williams/1950:183
Site:PTREF
Discovery:non-arch dig, 1820 anon
History:Nash-Williams/1950, 125, and Westwood/1879, 202, both cite the original find record which states that the stone was found during work on the railway line to Holyhead, it was found face-down 'in the most perfect of the graves', in a cemetery of forty graves under the farm Ty'n y bryn. The graves were in an area of 20 yards by 10 yards and were about 2 yards in length and cased in rough stone.

Macalister/1945, 376--7: `found acting as the cover of a stonelined grave, one of a series discovered in making a road in the township called Dol tre Beddau in [Pentrefoelas] parish ... The inscribed stone was laid with the lettering downward: its use in the grave may have been secondary'.

In 1879 Westwood records that it was at Lima House 1 and a half miles from Pentrefoelas in 1846. Nash-Williams/1950, 125 and Macalister/1945, 376, both place the stone in Pentrefoelas Hall.

Geology:Macalister/1945, 125: `granite'
Dimensions:1.52 x 0.52 x 0.08 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:inc
Location:other
Macalister/1945, 377, states that the stones is at Pentrefoelas Hall, `clamped to the wall of a passage inside the mansion...The remaining stones of the grave are preserved in an outhouse'.
Form:plain
Nash-Williams/1950, 125: `Rough pillar stone'.
Condition:inc , some
The long edges have flaked away.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

References


Inscriptions


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Readings

Westwood, J.O. (1846):BROH{O}M/AGLI- | IAM IC IA{C}IT | ET UXOR EIUS CA/UNE
Expansion:
BROHOMAGLII IAM IC IACIT ET UXOR EIUS CAUNE
Westwood/1876 202--203 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):BROHOM/AGLI | IATTIICIACIT | ETVXOREIV{S}CA/VN/E
Expansion:
BROHOMAGLI IATTI (H)IC IACIT ET UXOR EIUS CAUNE
Macalister/1945 377 reading only
Nash-Williams, V.E. (1950):BROHOM/AGLI | IATTIICIACIT | ETVXOREIV{S}CA/VN/E
Expansion:
BROHOMAGLI IATTI (H)IC IACIT ET UXOR EIUS CAUNE
Translation:
(The stone) of Brohomaglus Iattus(PN). He lies here, and his wife Caune(PN).
Nash-Williams/1950 125 reading only
Jackson, K.H. (1953):BROHOM/AGLI | IATTIICIACIT | ETVXOREIV{S}CA/[N^V]N/E
Jackson/1953 306 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:inc ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated
The text runs in three lines down the stone. It takes up almost all of the space on the stone. There is a cramping of the last two lines of the inscription, and Macalister/1945, 377, saw this as evidence for the last line being added to the stone later.
Incision:pocked
Nash-Williams/1950, 125: `lightly picked'.
Macalister/1945, 377: `pocked on the face of the stone'.
Westwood/1879, 202: `deeply incised'.
Date:400 - 533 (Nash-Williams/1950)

500 - 549 (Jackson/1953)
Jackson/1953, 566 n.2: `This inscription is dated fifth to early sixth century by Nash Williams ECMW p.125) but he did not note the half-uncial S, which can hardly be so early. He now writes (30th November 1950): "I agree. The S in line 3 is almost certainly half-uncial, which would bring the stone well into the sixth century".'
Language:Latin (rcaps)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:This inscription is largely in capitals, it does however have a half-uncial 's' in EIVS, a horizontal-bar R in Brohomagli, and a half-uncial G in the same name.

The M/A of Brohomagli is ligatured, as is the A/V or A/N, and the N/E of Caune/Canne.

Legibility:good
The chipping which has taken place on the edges of the stone, has not affected the text, which is clear.

Macalister/1945, 377, thought he could see some ogham strokes on the left hand edge of the stone. These have not been recognised as Oghams by others, for example Miller/1979, 9.

Lines:3
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

Names

References


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Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):[-][R][-]
Expansion:
[B]R[OHOMAGLI]
Macalister/1945 377 concise discussion

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:name only (ogham)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:none
Legibility:poor
Macalister/1945, 377, is the only authority to have seen ogham on this stone.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:yes

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