Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:265 Macalister/1949:801 Petrie/1872:176 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1872 Stokes, M. |
History: | Petrie/1872, 75: `Drawn by M[argaret]. S[tokes]., from a rubbing'. Macalister/1899, 116, records the stone as lost, as does Macalister/1909, 48, and Macalister/1949, 65. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown) |
Setting: | Lost (present 1872, missing 1899) |
Location: | Recorded as extant in Petrie/1872, 73, and as lost in Macalister/1899, 116. Macalister/1899, 116, records the stone as lost, as does Macalister/1909, 48, and Macalister/1949, 65. |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | frgmntry , some |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; none; half-round; plain |
Decorations: | Macalister/1949, 65: `Cross with circular and semicircular terminals, no loops. Triskele in centre'. |
Petrie, G. (1872): | O~R~ || DOMA | [--]CHIL Expansion: OROIT DO [MAEL]MICHEIL Translation: Pray for Mael-Micheil (PN). Macalister/1949 65 reading only Petrie/1872 75, Plate LXXIII, Fig. 176 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | O~R~ || DOMA | [--]CHIL Expansion: OROIT DO MA[--]CHIL Macalister/1949 65 reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | inc ; broad ; beside cross ; quadrant |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The A is in the 'OC' form and the R has a wedge-shaped finial. The D has an ascender which bends to the left over the bow. The L is curved and the H is minuscule. The R is half-uncial, but of unusual shape and the M has curved top strokes. |
Legibility: | some |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |