Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:App. 16 Okasha/Forsyth/2001:Toureen Peacaun 10 |
Site: | TOURP |
Discovery: | arch excav, 1944 Duignan, M.V. |
History: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 244: `The stone was found in the summer of 1944 during excavation at the site .. It was a stray find from the rubble around stone no. 40 (the East Cross) [TOURP/8] .. During September to December 1944 the east wall of the church was rebuilt, incorporating many of the inscribed stones, including this one. The stone has remained there since'. |
Geology: | Macalister/1949, 213: `sandstone'. |
Dimensions: | 0.3 x 0.385 x 0.08 (Okasha/Forsyth/2001) |
Setting: | in struct |
Location: | on site Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 244: `The stone is built into the interior east wall of the ruined church'. |
Form: | other Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 244: `The stone is an irregular rectangular slab'. |
Condition: | frgmntry , poor Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 244: `missing its bottom left corner .. The surface of the slab is `split-level', due to spalling at an ancient date'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: ind; linear; straight; expanded; plain; none; none; ind; n/a |
Decorations: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 244: `On the lower half of its visible face is incised a linear cross with expanded terminals'. |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | FLAND Expansion: FLAND Macalister/1949 213 reading only |
Okasha and Forsyth (1996): | FLAND Expansion: FLAND Translation: FLAND (PN). Okasha/Forsyth/2001 244--245 reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; above cross ; undivided Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 244: `Above [the cross] ... is a single complete horizontal line of text'. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Indeterminate (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 244: `The text is in half-uncial script'. CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The A is in the 'OC' form and the L and D both have wedge-shaped finials atop their ascenders. The L is curved and the D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open bow. The F has a top stroke that bends downwards at the end and an elongated horizontal stroke. It is very similar in form to Fs found on CRACH/1, GUER/1, LGUID/1 all from the Morbihan in Brittany. TOURP/12, is very similar in form, while TOURP/2, TOURP/3, TOURP/41, TOURP/46, TOURP/47 are similar except for the lack of the elongated horizontal stroke. |
Legibility: | good Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 244: `The text is legible'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |