Corpus Refs: | none |
Site: | ARFYN |
Discovery: | arch excav, 1969 White, R.B. |
History: | The stone was re-used some time after its first erection as the lintel stone in a long-cist grave. Upon its excavation, it was moved to Bodedern parish church. |
Geology: | White/1971-1972, 34: 'a boulder of igneous rock such as occur in the boulder-clay of which the hillock consists'. |
Dimensions: | 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown) |
Setting: | in display |
Location: | on site The stone is currently in Bodedern parish church. |
Form: | plain White/1971-72, 34, `boulder'. |
Condition: | complete , good White/1971--1972, 34, argues that the stone is largely unweathered, and that it was was not damaged in excavation. However, White notes that stone's back `had been repeatedly plough struck'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
White, R.B. (1971): | ERCAGNI Expansion: ERCAGNI White/1971-72 343--344 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | inc ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated |
Incision: | pocked White/1971--1972, 34 `confidently pocked'. |
Date: | 475 - 525 (White/1971-72) |
Language: | name only (rcaps) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | White/1971--1972, 34: `...debased Roman capitals'. The inscription is in capitals. The oblique bar of the 'R' appears to not join the upright, and the cross-bar of the 'A' appears sloped upwards to the right. All the other letters appear standard. |
Legibility: | good White/1971--1972, 34: `the lettering is still relatively fresh'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |
Edwards/1986, 23 argues for the name's Irish nature.