Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:595 |
Site: | TIHIL |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1897 Williams, S. de C. |
History: | |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 1.14 x 0.74 x 0.0 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | in struct |
Location: | earliest |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | complete , poor OBrien/Sweetman/1997, 105, speaks of a `badly eroded inscription', and while the cross is clear in the photo, the inscription is not. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; inc; straight; expanded; square; angular; none; none; decorated |
Decorations: | OBrien/Sweetman/1997, 105: `decorated with a cross potent with hollowed centre and terminals'. |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | O~R~DO || OGAIN
Expansion: OROIT DO OGAIN Macalister/1949 42, Plate XXXVII concise discussion |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; beside cross ; quadrant Macalister/1949, 42: `running down the sinister side'. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The lettering is half-uncial. The G and R are half-uncial, the A and N minuscule and the D has an ascender which bends to the left over the bow. |
Legibility: | poor OBrien/Sweetman/1997, 105: `badly eroded inscription'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | n |
Doubtful: | no |