| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:1055 Okasha/1993:3 |
| Site: | BOSLW |
| Discovery: | recognised, 1877 Millett, G.B. |
| History: | Okasha/1993, 70: `The stone was found in the summer of 1877 by G.B. Millett on the moor `under carn Kenidjack'. It has remained in place where it was found'. Thomas/1994, 291--293, argues that the stone is in its original position. |
| Geology: | Macalister/1949, 185, `Granite'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.11 x 0.38 x 0.4 (Okasha/1993) |
| Setting: | in ground |
| Location: | earliest Okasha/1993, 70: `The stone stands near Carnyorth Farm, St. Just. It is close to the junction of several lands leading to the farm from the B 3318, Pendeen to Penzance road'. |
| Form: | cross-marked Thomas/1994, 291: `unobtrusive four-sided stump'. |
| Condition: | complete , some |
| Folklore: | Formally known as `Crowze East' (Crows Ust, ie St Just cross) (Weatherhill/1981) |
| Crosses: | 1: inc; linear; straight; other; plain; none; n/a; other; n/a 2: equal-armed; linear; straight; expanded; plain; none; n/a; none; n/a |
| Decorations: | Thomas/1994, 291--293: `A device something like a cross and something like a schematized human figure. On the adjoining south face is a large equal-armed expanded-terminals cross and on the face opposite the inscription there is another small medieval or modern linear cross'.
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| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | TAET | UERA Expansion: TAETUERA Translation: Taetuera (PN). Macalister/1949 185 reading only |
| Weatherhill, C. (1981): | JAC[.]T | VENA Expansion: HIC JACIT VENA Translation: Here lies Vena (PN). Weatherhill/1981 66 reading only |
| Okasha, E. (1984): | T[..]T | UE[N^R]T | + Expansion: T[..]TUE[N^R]T + Translation: T[..]tuert or T[..]tuent (PN). Okasha/1993 70--72 reading only |
| Thomas, C. (1994): | TAET | UERA Expansion: TAETUERA Translation: Taetuera (PN). Thomas/1994 287 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | W ; broad ; above cross ; undivided |
| Incision: | pocked Macalister/1949, 185: `it seems to have been pocked'. |
| Date: | 700 - 1099 (Okasha/1993) 500 - 699 (Weatherhill/1981) 650 - 699 (Thomas/1994) |
| Language: | name only (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Thomas/1994, 293: `large, straggling half-uncial letters'. Okasha/1993, 70: `predominantly insular script'. |
| Legibility: | some Okasha/1993, 70: `the text, which is probably complete, is highly deteriorated'. Macalister/1949, 185: `good condition'. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |
Thomas/1994, 293, argues that the name is Primitive Cornish and that the final -a is for an unstressed obscure vowel, rather than as an indication of a feminine name. He also argues that the commemorand was a priest.