Corpus Refs: | Huebner/1876:22 Macalister/1949:1054 Okasha/1993:43 |
Site: | REDGT |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1600 Camden, W. |
History: | Okasha/1993, 213: `The stone has always stood in the same field as it stands today. It was recorded there three times in the early seventeenth century'. |
Geology: | Macalister/1949, 184: `granite'. |
Dimensions: | 1.4 x 0.85 x 0.54 (Okasha/1993) |
Setting: | in ground |
Location: | earliest Okasha/1993, 213: `The stone now stands, alongside a carved, uninscribed stone, in a grass enclosure in a field; this field is on the left-hand side of the unclassified road from St Cleer to Redgate, about 1.5 km. from St Cleer'. |
Form: | Cramp shaft A Okasha/1993, 215: `The stone appears to have formed the lower part of a carved cross-shaft but is now incomplete...It has no base; Langdon in fact described it as a `cross-base'...Lysons and Lysons recorded the height as six feet (c. 180) which suggests that 40 cm. of the shaft are now beneath the ground'. |
Condition: | frgmntry , poor Okasha/1993, 215: `incomplete'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | beading; geometric ribbon interlace Langdon/1896, 377--378: `It is panelled on all four sides, and has a wide flat bead on the angles. The front, which faces east, is inscribed, and the other three sides are ornamented with bold and deeply cut plaitwork, or knots, as follows: Front. -- An inscription in Saxon minuscules... Left side. -- A four cord plait. Back. -- This originally had four knots in the panel, each consisting of two oval rings placed crosswise and interlaced; but only the two lower ones are now perfect. Right side. -- A six-cord plait; or the pattern may be intended for two oval rings placed crosswise, combined with one of a lozenge shape'. Macalister/1949, 184: `The other [uninscribed] faces have simple interlacing patterns: the carving throughout is bold and ornamental in style'. |
Langdon, A. (1896): | DONI | ERTRO | GAVIT | PROAN | IMA Expansion: DONIERT ROGAVIT PRO ANIMA Translation: Doniert (PN) has begged that prayers be offered for the repose of [his] soul. Langdon/1896 378 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | DONI | ERTRO | GAVIT | PROAN | IMA Expansion: DONIERT ROGAUIT PRO ANIMA Macalister/1949 184 reading only Thomas/1994 299 reading only |
Okasha, E. (1985): | DONI | ERT:RO | GAVIT | PROA[.] | IMA Expansion: DONIERT : ROGAVIT PRO A[N]IMA Translation: Doniert (PN) requested [this cross _or_ prayers] for [his] soul. Okasha/1993 215 reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | E ; broad ; n/a ; panel |
Incision: | pock Macalister/1949, 184: `pocked and rubbed'. |
Date: | 800 - 1099 (Okasha/1993) 866 - 899 (Thomas/1994) Thomas/1994, 299: `late ninth'. |
Language: | Latin (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Okasha/1993, 215: `The text is set in five lines reading horizontally. It uses a predominantly insular script and the letters vary between 5 and 14 cm. in height'. |
Legibility: | good Macalister/1949, 184: `The inscription is in good preservation'. Okasha/1993, 215: `The text is complete, legible and primary'. |
Lines: | 5 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |