CLMAC/151

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:207bis
Macalister/1949:748
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:non-arch dig, 1909 Crawford, H.S.
History:Macalister/1909, 40: `Since my last visit another fragmentary slab has come to light, and has been published...by Mr H.S. Crawford. It was found digging a new grave'.

Macalister/1949, 59, records the stone as still on site.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Macalister/1949, 59, records the stone as still on site.
Form:cross-slab
Condition:frgmntry , good
Macalister/1909, Plate XXXII, is a photograph of the stone, and it shows only the bottom of the cross surviving. What does survive, however, appears to be in good condition.

Macalister/1949, 59: `terminal of a cross'.

Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; inner curv; none; decorated
Decorations:geometric key pattern

Macalister/1909, 40: `It bears the looped terminal of a five-line cross'.

Macalister/1949, 59: `Terminal of a cross of the looped type'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/151/1     Pictures

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1909):O[R~DO--] | GAL[--
Expansion:
O[ROIT DO--] GAL[--
Macalister/1909 40 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):A[--] | GAL[--
Expansion:
A[--]GAL[--
Macalister/1949 59 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up
Position:n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; quadrant
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Incomplete Information (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The second A is in the 'OC' form, but with a squarish bow and an extended flourish to the lower portion of the 'C'. The L may have a wedge-shaped finial atop its ascender and the G is half-uncial.
Legibility:good
Of the letters which survive only the G and A are complete.
Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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