WNSFD/1

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1945:499
Okasha/1993:77
Site:WNSFD
Discovery:first mentioned, 1890 Page, J.L.W.
History:Okasha/1993, 328--329, notes that the stone was first mentioned by Page in 1890 but had been known for seven or eight years. In 1890 it was protected by a fence and in 1906 had a shelter built for it. In 1936 the stone was found `thrown down' and was re-erected in 1937 after a small excavation.

Okasha also notes that this may be the stone called `Langestone' in a document of 1297, and/or that mentioned by Camden in 1594 (p. 137), but that neither indentification is secure.

Geology:
Dimensions:1.29 x 0.37 x 0.2 (Okasha/1993)
Setting:in ground
Location:earliest
Okasha/1993, 328: `on the moor about 8 km. from Dulverton. It stands on the right-hand side of the unclassified road to Winsford which branches off to the right from the B 3223, Dulverton to Exford road. The stone is c. 25 m. off the road under a shelter'.
Form:plain
Okasha/1993, 329: `uncarved pillar-stone'.
Condition:complete , some
Okasha/1993, 328, records that early records mention fragments of the surface of the stone breaking off and being concealed nearby. One fragment with the letter N has been cemented back into place [1908].
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):[--]S | [--]C{A}R{A}~{A}CI | {N}EPVS
Expansion:
[--]S [--]CARANACI NEPUS
Macalister/1945 476--477 reading only
Okasha, E. (1986):C{A}R{A}~{A}CI | {N}EPVS
Expansion:
CARATACI NEPUS
Translation:
[The stone of] the descendent of Caratacus (PN).
Okasha/1993 329--331 reading only
Thomas, C. (1994):C{A}R{A}/T{A}CVS | {N}EPVS
Expansion:
CARATACI NEPUS
Translation:
Grandson/immediate descendant of Caratacus (PN).
Thomas/1994 288--289 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:E ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated
Okasha/1993, 329: `The text is incised without framing lines or panels on one face of the stone'.

Macalister/1945, 476--477, read a third line at the beginning of the inscription, but this is dismissed by Okasha/1993, 328--329.

Incision:cut
Macalister/1945, 476: `cut'.
Date:400 - 1099 (Okasha/1993)

566 - 599 (Thomas/1994)
Language:Latin (rcaps)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Okasha/1993, 329: `predominantly capital script'.

Macalister/1945, 476--477: `The stroke over the second A is not in contact with the letter: the character should not be taken as AT ligatured'.

Thomas/1994, 288, argues that this is an A/T ligature.

Legibility:some
Macalister/1945, 476: `The first line has been chipped away, apparently with intention'.

Okasha/1993, 329--331: `Although there are no signs of any lost letters, the reading of the text suggests that it may in fact be incomplete. The text is legible but it has been rather inaccurately recut in modern times...Macalister did indeed record traces of a further line of text...No such traces remain today, nor have any such been recorded by anyone else; Vowles [Vowles/1939] went to look for Macalister's `line of writing' but found nothing'.

Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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