| Corpus Refs: | Higgins/1987:95 Macalister/1949:524 |
| Site: | CFERT |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1839 O'Donovan, J. |
| History: | First recorded in O'Donovan/1839, 40. Macalister/1949, 3, states that the stone `stands uprights, quite conspicuous...like an ordinary tombstone'. Higgins/1987, 375: `This stone is located in the graveyard which surrounds Clonfert Cathedral'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.76 x 0.61 x 0.12 (Higgins/1987) |
| Setting: | on ground |
| Location: | on site Higgins/1987, 375: `This stone is located in the graveyard which surrounds Clonfert Cathedral'. Macalister/1949, 3, `east part of the churchyard'. |
| Form: | cross-slab |
| Condition: | incomplete , poor Higgins/1987, 375: `The stone is somewhat battered and weathered and has obviously deteriorated from its condition in the last century...'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; plain; plain; cruciform; inner curv; none; plain |
| Decorations: | Higgins/1987, 375: `The cross is a ringed one of three lines and has plain straight ended terminals. The design is grooved and seems to have been executed with the use of a point. The cross occupies most of the visible area of the slab. Above the cross is a portion of an inscription'. |
| Petrie, G. (1872): | O~R~DARA Expansion: OROIT DARA Petrie/1872 51 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | O~R~DOBA | CLAT Expansion: OROIT DO BACLAT Macalister/1949 3, Plate II reading only |
| Higgins, J.G. (1987): | ORD[-- Expansion: OROIT DO[-- Translation: A prayer for [--]. Higgins/1987 375, Fig. 91, Pl. 31B reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | n/a ; inc ; above cross ; undivided |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The initial OR has a contraction mark over it; the D has an ascender which bends to the left over a possibly open bow; the B is also minuscule, although the ascender is damaged; the L has a curved foot, the second A has a bow that rises to a point, has a curved bottom and a short stroke to the right from the bottom right corner. |
| Legibility: | poor Macalister/1949, 3: `a carelessly cut and much abraded inscription'. Higgins/1987, 375: `In its present condition the inscription is very difficult to interpret'. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |