Corpus Refs: | Huebner/1876:55 Macalister/1945:346 Nash-Williams/1950:75 |
Site: | YGYNL |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1855 Westwood, J.O. |
History: | CISP: The stones appear not to have been moved since their first mention by Westwood in 1855 and Nash-Williams in 1950, but Macalister/1945, 332 states: `now built into the wall of a lean-to coal-cellar against the S.E. corner of the modern parish church'. |
Geology: | Macalister/1945, 332, sandstone or ironstone, Macalister does not make clear which stone is which! |
Dimensions: | 1.24 x 0.2 x 0.01 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
Setting: | in struct |
Location: | earliest Westwood/1876, 63: `forms one of the steps of a staircase on the south side of the church of Ystradgynlais'. Macalister/1945, 332: `now built into the wall of a lean-to coal-cellar against the S.E. corner of the modern parish church'. Nash-Williams/1950, 82: `Built into external S. wall of church at E. end (with No. 76 [YGYNL/2])'. |
Form: | plain Westwood/1876, 63: `It measures 4 feet long and 8 inches wide'. Macalister/1945, 332, calls it a fragment. Macalister notes Westwood's discussion of whether the two stones (this one and YGYNL/2) were part of the same monument and notes that had Westwood seen the stones the question would not have arisen as they are different types of stone. Nash-Williams/1950, 82: `Upper portion of a quadrangular pillar-stone'. |
Condition: | frgmntry , good Westwood/1876, 63: `There appears to be a crack across the stone between the first and second letters'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Westwood, J.O. (1855): | ADIVNE Expansion: ADIVNE Translation: Adivne (PN). Westwood/1876 63 concise discussion |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | ADIVNE Expansion: ADIVNE Macalister/1945 332 reading only |
Nash-Williams, V.E. (1950): | ADIVNE Expansion: ADIVNE Translation: (The stone) of Adiuna(?) (PN) Expansion: ADIVNE Translation: Adiune (PN) (lies here). Nash-Williams/1950 82 concise discussion |
Orientation: | Indeterminate |
Position: | n/a ; ind ; n/a ; undecorated Nash-Williams/1950, 82: `Latin inscription (? incomplete) in one line reading vertically downwards'. |
Incision: | inc Macalister/1945, 332: `inscribed'. Nash-Williams/1950, 82: `lightly picked'. |
Date: | 500 - 699 (Westwood/1876) Westwood/1876, 63: `I suppose this inscription to be not much more recent than the sixth or seventh century'. 400 - 533 (Nash-Williams/1950) Nash-Williams/1950, 82: `5th-early 6th century AD'. |
Language: | name only (rcaps) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Westwood/1876, 63: `The letters are large and coarsely cut, measuring about 3 1/2 inches in height...The first stroke of the A and V are nearly upright, the curved stroke of the D is slightly detached at each end from the upright first stroke, as are also most of the strokes of the other letters'. Nash-Williams/1950, 82: `Roman capitals, lightly picked in rather clumsy style'. |
Legibility: | some |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | n |
Doubtful: | no |
For the name Adiuni on a Breton stone see Davies/etal/2000, no. F3 and PLOIN/1.