| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:168 Macalister/1949:720 Petrie/1872:90 |
| Site: | CLMAC |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
| History: | Petrie/1872: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie in 1822'. Macalister/1949, 56, records the stone as still on site. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 1.02 x 0.53 x 0.08 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
| Setting: | inc |
| Location: | on site |
| Form: | cross-slab |
| Condition: | complete , good |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: equal-armed; interlace; straight; bifid; circular; none; inner curv; none; decorated |
| Decorations: | Macalister/1909, 33: `This slab bears a handsome cross formed of a looped band caught by a circle at the centre'. Macalister/1949, 56: `Equilateral cross with triquetra terminals'. |
| Petrie, G. (1872): | OR~ || DO | DAINÉIL Expansion: OROIT DO DAINÉIL Translation: Pray for Daniel (PN). Macalister/1909 33, Plate XXXVII reading only Macalister/1949 56 reading only Petrie/1872 44, Plate XXXV reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; mixed ; separated The inscription is in two horizontal lines within the two lower quadrants and the last line below the cross. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 916 - 916 (Petrie/1872) |
| Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The two O's taper downwards to a point; the R is majuscule with a contraction mark over it; the two D's are heart-shaped with an ascender bending to the left over an open bow; the A is in the `OC' form and the E is closed with an accent over it. |
| Legibility: | good |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |