| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:169 Macalister/1949:721 Petrie/1872:177 |
| Site: | CLMAC |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1869 Stokes, M. |
| History: | Petrie/1872, 75: `Drawn by M[argaret]. S[tokes]., at Iniscloran, in Lough Ree, in the year 1869'. Macalister/1909, 34: `Petrie No. 177, where the letterpress curiously states that this stone was drawn by M[argaret] S[tokes], at Iniscloran in Lough Ree, in the year 1869'. Macalister/1949, 56, records the stone as still at Clonmacnois. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.53 x 0.35 x 0.1 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
| Setting: | inc |
| Location: | on site |
| Form: | cross-slab |
| Condition: | complete , poor Macalister/1909, 34: `the surface [is] much flaked'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; expanded; square; angular; none; half-round; plain |
| Decorations: | Macalister/1909, 33--34: `A latin cross with a square central expansion, rectangular expansions to the arms, semicircular expansion to the base, and trumpet-shaped expansion to the head, all inside a trapezium margin with quadrant corner-pieces'. Macalister/1949, 56: `Latin cross with square central expansion and rectangular expansions to the arms; semicircular expansion in the base, and trumpet-shaped expansion at the top'. |
| Petrie, G. (1869): | AR || MEDA Expansion: ARMEDA Macalister/1909 34 reading only Macalister/1949 56 reading only Petrie/1872 75 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated The inscription is in one vertical line downwards through the two left-hand quadrants. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | name only (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Macalister/1909, 34: `very peculiar lettering'. CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The initial A is in the `OC' form and with a lean to the left; the R is open-bowed and majuscule with the oblique stroke turning up at the end; the M has outwardly curved left and right ascenders; the E is closed; the D has an open-bow with a short ascender with a wedge-shaped finial. The final A has quite a square bow and is also in the `OC' form. |
| Legibility: | good |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |