Corpus Refs: | Huebner/1876:30 Okasha/1993:5 Thomas/1994:1210 |
Site: | BOWDN |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1774 Trist, B. |
History: | Okasha/1993, 76: `The stone was first recorded in a letter of 1774 from Mr Browse Trist of Bowden to Mr Swinton, paraphrased by Gough in 1806.' The letter recorded that the stone had been recovered from a watery ditch near a new turnpike road. The stone is now lost. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.8 x 0.6 x 0.0 (converted from Gough/1806) |
Setting: | Lost (present 1774, missing 1774) |
Location: | Gough/1806, 50--51, cites a letter of 1774 as the last time the stone was seen.
Okasha/1993, 76: `The stone is now lost'. |
Form: | boulder The only information about the form is a rough drawing from Gough/1806, 51, which appears to show a triangular block or boulder. Okasha/1993, 76, describes the form as `an uncarved pillar stone'. |
Condition: | n/a , n/a |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | Drawing only shows the one, inscribed, face. |
Okasha, E. (1993): | V{A}LCI | FIL{I}V{***} | AIVS Expansion: VALCI FILI V[--]AIVS Translation: [The stone] of Valcus (PN), son of V[--]aius (PN). Okasha/1993 76--77 reading only |
Thomas, C. (1994): | V{A}LCI | FIL{I} [….] | AN~V~S Expansion: VALCI FILI VETTANUS Expansion: VALCI FILI VEDDANUS Translation: Of Valci(PN), of the son Veddanus(PN). Thomas/1994 281--282 reading only |
Orientation: | Incomplete Information |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated Okasha/1993, 76: `Originally the text probably read downwards facing left'. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | 400 - 1099 (Okasha/1993) 400 - 699 (Thomas/1994) |
Language: | Latin (rcaps) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Okasha/1993, 76: `The text used a predominantly capital script'. |
Legibility: | n/a Okasha/1993, 76: `The text appears to have been legible'. |
Lines: | 3 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |