| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:5 Macalister/1949:601 Petrie/1872:8 |
| Site: | CLMAC |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1869 Graves, J. |
| History: | Petrie/1872, 17: `This drawing was made by Miss Boxwell from a rubbing taken of the stone at Clonmacnois by the Rev. James Graves and Mr. William Hennessy, in the year 1869'. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 43.
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| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.48 x 0.48 x 0.66 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
| Setting: | inc |
| Location: | on site |
| Form: | name-slab |
| Condition: | complete , good |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Petrie, G. (1869): | FERCHO | MUS Expansion: FERCHOMUS Macalister/1909 2 reading only Macalister/1949 43 reading only Petrie/1872 17 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | inc ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | name only (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The F has a rounded top stroke; the E is three-pronged and rounded; the R is majuscule and open-bowed; the S is half-uncial and the left ascender of the U appears to have a wedge-shaped finial. |
| Legibility: | good The text is clear. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |