| Corpus Refs: | Higgins/1987:64 Macalister/1949:525 |
| Site: | CFERT |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1875 Brash, R.R. |
| History: | Higgins/1987, 338, records that the stone was first recorded by R.R. Brash in 1875, and that the stone `is now cemented onto the N. wall of the interior of the present church at Clonfert'. |
| Geology: | Higgins/1987, 338: `..limestone'. |
| Dimensions: | 0.84 x 0.61 x 0.0 (Higgins/1987) |
| Setting: | in struct |
| Location: | on site Higgins/1987, 338: `This slab is now cemented onto the N. wall of the interior of the present church at Clonfert, four and a half miles W. of Banagher'. |
| Form: | name-slab Higgins/1987, 338: `....it orginally had a regular , trapezoidal shape but it is now damaged, particularly in the upper right and lower left hand corners'. 'The stone is a bit damaged but not very weathered'. |
| Condition: | incomplete , poor Higgins/1987, 338: `....it originally had a regular, trapezoidal shape but it is now damaged, particularly in the upper right and lower left hand corners'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: equal-armed; outline; straight; half-round; curved; angular; inner curv; none; decorated |
| Decorations: | geometric key pattern; geometric spiral Higgins/1987, 338: `It bears an elaborate, three-line Greek cross. The cross has a central roundel and four semi-circular, expansional terminals, all of which are decorated. The upper-most terminal bears a pair of conjoined spirals originating from a single stem, this design is repeated in the lower terminal. Those of the ends of the arms each have a meandering pattern and a row of small pellets. The central roundel bears a pattern based on a cruciform design, interlocking in the centre, the lines of which form an enclosing circle with an indentation at four points. A pair of parallel lines form a trapezoidal frame around the whole composition'.
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| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | BECG{A}N Expansion: BECGAN Macalister/1949 3--4, Plate II reading only |
| Higgins, J.G. (1987): | BECG{A}N Expansion: BECGAN Higgins/1987 338, Fig. 60, Pl. 36A reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated Macalister/1949, 4, notes that the inscription is bisected by the head of the cross. |
| Incision: | chiselled |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Higgins/1987, 338: `...in the upper left cantons there is a well-cut half uncial inscription'. CISP: The B has an open bow and a vertical ascender topped with a wedge-shaped finial; the E is majuscule and rounded with an elongated middle stroke that itself has a wedge-shaped finial; the G is almost J-shaped and the A is in the `OC' form and has an accent over it. |
| Legibility: | good Higgins/1987, 338: `... a well-cut half uncial inscription'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |