Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:885 |
Site: | RATHD |
Discovery: | inc, inc |
History: | Macalister/1949, 86: `found in All Hallows Graveyard, Rathdrum, and is now in the National Museum'. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 1.08 x 0.2 x 0.0 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | in ground |
Location: | unknown Macalister/1949, 86: `found in All Hallows Graveyard, Rathdrum, and is now in the National Museum'. |
Form: | plain Macalister/1949, 86: `A stone...broad at the bottom, tapering toward the top where, however, it has evidently been trimmed for some other purpose'. |
Condition: | incomplete , good |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; ind; ind; circular; none; none; tenon; plain |
Decorations: | Macalister/ 1949, 86: `The cross is Latin, with a circular expansion at the centre and a square expansion, not quite symmetrical, at the top. The side arms project beyond the sides of the slab. The base has a triangular expansion ornamented with the simple device of a V between two dots, and a spiral pattern below'. |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | [O]R || OITDOECHTAN Expansion: OROIT DO ECHTAN Macalister/1949 86 concise discussion |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | n/a ; both ; beside cross ; separated |
Incision: | incised Macalister/1949, 86: `neatly cut on the broad face, in fine lines'. |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Macalister/1949, 86: `The T in the name was originally cut as a C and was afterwards clumsily corrected'. CISP: The lettering is half-uncial. The R is minuscule and the Ts are curved. The E is in the open uncial form with an extended central stroke. This stroke conjoins with the following C. The H is minuscule, as is the A. |
Legibility: | some Macalister/1949, 86: `The trimming of the stone has injured the topmost letters of the inscription, which runs downward on the sinister side of the cross. The reading is, however, certain'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | y |
Doubtful: | no |