| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:1058 Okasha/1993:53 |
| Site: | SCRED |
| Discovery: | recognised, 1881 Basset Rogers, R. |
| History: | Okasha/1993, 251: `The inscribed cross-shaft was found in 1881 by the vicar, the Rev. R. Basset Rogers, during restoration of the church: `It was built horizontally into the upper and eastern part of the wall of the aisle'. Rogers took a carved uninscribed cross-head attached to a portion of shaft, from where it was fixed to the churchyard wall and cemented it on to the inscribed shaft...Rogers then placed his composite cross `on the right-hand side of the gateway leading to the vicarage, which adjoins the churchyard'. On 13 June 1894, at Langdon's instigation, the cross was removed from there, placed in a base, and erected in its present position. The inscription was first observed by Langdon some time before 1895'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 1.8 x 0.33 x 0.19 (Okasha/1993) |
| Setting: | in ground |
| Location: | on site Okasha/1993, 251: `The stone is now in Sancreed churchyard near the south door of the church'. |
| Form: | Cramp sh. B, head 8e, r5 |
| Condition: | incomplete , some The shaft was recovered from the wall of the church in 1881, but the cross-head was already known mounted on a nearby wall. There is a missing fragment, but it does seem likely from Langdon's plate that the two pieces are from the same monument (Langdon/1896,Okasha/1993, 251). |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | figural; geometric ribbon interlace; geometric key pattern Macalister/1949, 186: `In the S. face there is a Crucifix, with a zoomorphic plait on the W. edge. Plaits and key-work fill the rest of the space, except for a panel at the bottom of the S. face'. |
| Langdon, A. (1896): | RU | NHO~ Expansion: RUNHOL Translation: Runhol (PN). Langdon/1896 364--365 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | RU | NHO~ Expansion: RUNHOL Translation: Runhol (PN). Macalister/1949 186 reading only |
| Okasha, E. (1986): | R[--] | [HO.] Expansion: R[--HO.] Translation: R[--ho.] (PN). Okasha/1993 253 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | S ; broad ; n/a ; panel Okasha/1993, 251: `The text is incised in two lines low down on the face of the shaft'. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 900 - 1099 (Okasha/1993) 950 - 999 (Thomas/1994) |
| Language: | Incomplete Information (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Okasha/1993, 251: `it [the text] uses a predominantly insular script. The letters measure 4 to 6 cm. in height'. |
| Legibility: | poor Okasha/1993, 251--253: `The text is probably complete but highly deteriorated'. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |