Corpus Refs: | none |
Site: | SDAV4 |
Discovery: | in/on structure, 1955 Ministry of Works |
History: | Craster/1957, 118: `In August, 1955, the Ministry of Works carried out repairs to the boundary wall to the east of the gate to the Bishop's Palace. In the middle of this wall, which dates to the thirteenth century, a small pillar stone...was found'. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.33 x 0.15 x 0.11 (converted from Craster/1957) |
Setting: | unattch |
Location: | on site Craster/1957, 106: `At the Dean of St. David's request the stone has been placed in the Cathedral'. |
Form: | cross-marked Craster/1957, 118: `a small pillar stone...It consists of a water-worn boulder...The stone is very similar to the pillar stone also found built into the wall in the close (Nash-Williams 380), now in the Cathedral. It belongs to the series of `monogram' slabs found in the St. David's area...The grouping of the symbols in the upper part point to the stone having stood in the ground, and to it having been the headstone to a grave. It must then have become partly buried, with all but its upper part protected by soil, which accounts for the Omega and the Chi only being so worn. At some period the butt end has been used for hammering'. |
Condition: | complete , good |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: equal-armed; outline; straight; plain; plain; circular; outer curv; none; plain |
Decorations: | Craster/1957, 118: `On the upper half of its face there is a neatly incised ring cross'. |
Craster, O.E. (1957): | {A} | {W} Expansion: alpha omega Craster/1957 118 reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | ind ; narrow ; beside cross ; undivided Craster/1957, 118: `On the right side of the stone'. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | 900 - 999 (Craster/1957) |
Language: | Greek (greek) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Craster/1957, 118: `an Alpha with long top bar and angular cross bar. Above, but very worn, is an Omega whose centre stroke is prolonged to touch the bar above'. |
Legibility: | some The second line is in good condition, the upper line is very worn (Craster/1957, 118). |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |
Craster, O.E. (1957): | {X~P~C} Expansion: XPC Craster/1957 118 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | ind ; narrow ; beside cross ; undecorated Craster/1957, 118: `On the left side of the stone'. |
Incision: | cut Craster/1957, 118: `sharply cut'. |
Date: | 900 - 999 (Craster/1957) |
Language: | Greek (greek) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Craster/1957, 118: `the monogram XPC with a bar of contraction above. The X is very worn, but the rest is still sharply cut. There is no trace of the monogram IHS'. |
Legibility: | some The second line is in good condition, the upper line is very worn (Craster/1957, 118). |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |