| Corpus Refs: | OSullivan/etal/1996:927 |
| Site: | CHUIS |
| Discovery: | recognised, 1954 O'Kelly, M. |
| History: | OKelly/1959, 57, states that the stone was discovered in 1954 during a short visit to the island. Neither OKelly/1959, McManus/1991, 69, nor OSullivan/1996, 258, state where the stone is now. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 1.49 x 0.36 x 0.1 (OKelly/1959) |
| Setting: | inc |
| Location: | inc Neither OKelly/1959, McManus/1991, 69, nor OSullivan/1996, 258, state where the stone is now. |
| Form: | cross-marked OSullivan/1996, 258: `Ogham-Inscribed Cross-Slab'. |
| Condition: | complete , some OKelly/1959, 78--79, states that the stone was used, probably while upright, for sharpening `some broad bladed implement', and that this has caused damage to the stone. He also states that the northern end of the stone had been fractured through a `deliberate act'. OSullivan/1996, 258: `fractured at its base'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: equal-armed; outline; expanded; curved; circular; none; outer curv; other; plain |
| Decorations: | OKelly/1959, 80: `The design for the head of the cross is based on an arrangment of circles and arcs of circles so accurately drawn that compasses must have been used.' O'Kelly also points out that the design was `a beatufilly formed Maltese cross', which may have been painted originally. |
| O' Kelly, M. (1959): | BECCDINNMACI ||| R ||| I[T]VV[..]SS Expansion: BECCDINN MACI RI[T]VV[..]SS OKelly/1959 81 reading only |
| McManus, D. (1991): | BECCDINNMACI ||| R ||| IVVESS Expansion: BECCDINN MACI RITTECC McManus/1991 69--70 reading only |
| O' Sullivan, A. (1996): | BECCDINNMACI ||| R ||| ITVVECASS Expansion: BECCDINN MACI RI[T(T)A]VVECASS OSullivan/etal/1996 256, 258 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical up along down |
| Position: | n/a ; arris ; beside cross ; undivided OSullivan/1996, 258: `an ogham inscription occupies both angles and the top of the slab'. |
| Incision: | pocked OKelly/1959, 81, refers to the `pocking out of scores'. |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | See McManus/1991, 8, 100, 104, 116, 124. |
| Palaeography: | McManus/1991, 69, argues that the lapidary may have carved the consonant strokes on the wrong side of the stem-line. OKelly/1959, 81, 83, 86, and McManus/1991, 69, also argue that the X-forfid and the vowel notches were confused by the lapidary. |
| Legibility: | some OKelly/1959, 81: `The first words are certain in every detail, and though most of the scores of the final word are equally legible, this word, nevertheless, presents a problem'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 2 |
| Doubtful: | no |