| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:475 Okasha/1993:47 |
| Site: | SCOLM |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1858 Blight |
| History: | Okasha/1993, 229: `The stone was first recorded in 1858 by Blight: `This Cross stands without the church-yard wall at St. Columb...this stone has recently been used as a gate-post'. In August 1872 the stone was recorded `in a garden adjoining' the churchyard. It was still outside the churchyard in 1875. By 1895 the stone was: `Standing in the churchyard near the south porch', that is in its present position'. |
| Geology: | Macalister/1945, 453: `granite'. Thomas/1994, 282: `smooth but extremely coarse grained granite'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.34 x 0.65 x 0.26 (Okasha/1993) |
| Setting: | in ground |
| Location: | on site Okasha/1993, 229: `The stone is now in St Columb Major churchyard, beside the south door of the church'. |
| Form: | cross-marked Okasha/1993, 229: `The stone is a complete slab carved with a cross'. |
| Condition: | complete , good The stone is complete (Okasha/1993, 229). |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: inc; inc; inc; inc; inc; inc; inc; inc; inc 2: inc; inc; inc; inc; inc; inc; inc; inc; inc |
| Decorations: | Macalister/1945, 453: `A cross pattée, indicated by sunk triangles, is inscribed on each of the broad faces'. Thomas/1994, 282: `vestigial, angular medieval crosses produced by crude relief-work'. |
| Thomas, C. (1994): | ADO[--] | [--]FIL[{I}-- Expansion: ADO[--] FILI [--] Thomas/1994 282 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | W ; broad ; below cross ; undecorated |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Latin (ind) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | none |
| Legibility: | poor Okasha/1993, 231: `The text is now illegible'. Thomas/1994, 282: `Macalister...extraordinarily, read and published the wrong face... His IA/CON/IVS does not exist; there are certainly marks, but they are either flaws or the scars of pegmatite crystals. Faint traces of lettering on the reverse face were noted long ago. All that can be made out (Fig. 17.4) is that the inscription was in two vertical lines'. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | n |
| Doubtful: | no |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | I{A} | CON | IUS Expansion: IACONIUS Macalister/1945 454 reading only |
| Okasha, E. (1986): | --] | [--] | [-- Expansion: [--] Okasha/1993 231 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | E ; broad ; below cross ; undivided |
| Incision: | pocked Macalister/1945, 454: `probably pocked'. |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | name only (rcaps) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 454, shows an inscription in Roman capitals, with an angle-bar A. |
| Legibility: | poor Macalister/1945, 454: `The letters...are greatly worn...They are, moreover, at first sight difficult to identify, being concealed in a maze of letter-like but meaningless scratches, which distract the attention...as soon as the letters are seen at all, they are perfectly easy to read'. Okasha/1993, 231: `The text is now illegible'. Thomas/1994, 282: `Macalister...extraordinarily, read and published the wrong face...His IA/CON/IVS does not exist; there are certainly marks, but they are either flaws or the scars of pegmatite crystals. Faint traces of lettering on the reverse face were noted long ago. All that can be made out (Fig. 17.4) is that the inscription was in two vertical lines'. |
| Lines: | 3 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | yes |