SDOGM/2

Corpus Refs:Nash-Williams/1950:387
RCAHMW/1925:1011(ii)
Site:SDOGM
Discovery:first mentioned, 1914 Royal Commission
History:The site was visited by the Commission in 1914, and the report published in 1925 (RCAHMW/1925, 358).
Geology:
Dimensions:1.37 x 0.36 x 0.24 (converted from Nash-Williams/1950)
Setting:unattch
Location:on site
Form:cross-marked
RCAHMW/1925, 358: `The lower portion of a pillar (measuring 5 feet 10 inches in height) which, when entire, probably stood 7 feet above ground'.

Nash-Williams/1950, 213: `Rough pillar stone...54" h. x 14" w. x 9 1/2" t.'.

Condition:incomplete , some
RCAHMW/1925, 358: `Possibly for the express purpose of defacing the most revered emblem of the Christian faith, the stone has been broken almost exactly along the line of the cross arms'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; linear; ind; ind; ind; none; outer curv; other; n/a
Decorations:

RCAHMW/1925, 358: `It bore a cross of the usual Celtic type, having the cross arms confined within a circle, and with an extension of the lower limb down the stone to about the same length (7 inches), as the diameter of the circle. In the present instance the surface of the stone did not possess sufficient width for the intended circle, with the result that the circle assumed the shape of an irregular and pointed oval'.

Nash-Williams/1950, 213: `Incised linear Latin ring-cross (?) (lower half only), badly shaped (Fig. 5, 17), with short stem and bifurcated foot and two Roman capital letters...in the lower interspaces'.

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SDOGM/2/1

Readings

Nash-Williams, V.E. (1950):D || I
Expansion:
D I
Nash-Williams/1950 213 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:ind ; broad ; within quadrants ; quadrant
Incision:inc
Date:600 - 899 (Nash-Williams/1950)
Language:Indeterminate (rcaps)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:RCAHMW/1925, 358: `Some comparatively modern vandal has carved his initials in the surviving quadrants of the circle'.

Nash-Williams/1950, 213: `Roman capital letters'.

Legibility:poor
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:yes

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