| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:86 Macalister/1949:656 Petrie/1872:42 |
| Site: | CLMAC |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
| History: | Petrie/1872, 27: `first drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois in the year 1822'. The stone is recorded as still on site in Macalister/1899, 116, Macalister/1909, 17, and Macalister/1949, 49. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.56 x 0.76 x 0.09 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
| Setting: | inc |
| Location: | on site |
| Form: | cross-slab |
| Condition: | incomplete , some The bottom border of the cross has been lost indicating a fair level of damage to the bottom of the stone. The upper left corner has also been lost. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: equal-armed; outline; straight; expanded; square; angular; inner curv; none; plain |
| Decorations: | geometric key pattern Macalister/1909, 17: `this seems to be a Celtic cross quadrate, inverted with respect to the accompanying inscription: the fracture of the base, however, makes it a little uncertain whether it may not be an equilateral cross...the whole is surrounded by a rude fret border'. Macalister/1949, 49: `wheel cross with square expansions at centre and terminals: within a rectangular frame of `Wall-of-Troy' pattern'. |
| Petrie, G. (1822): | OR~AR || FI || NDA{N} Expansion: OROIT AR FINDAN Translation: Pray for Findan (PN). Macalister/1909 17 reading only Macalister/1949 49 reading only Petrie/1872 26 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; mixed ; other Macalister/1909, 17, argues that the inscription is upside-down with respect to the cross. The inscription runs across two quadrants and is also on one of the arms of the cross. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Macalister/1909, 17: `the letters are of a peculiar angular shape; the final N is crowded into a small space'. CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The R of the initial OR has a contraction mark and is majuscule; the A's are in the `OC' form, with particularly florid strokes forming the 'C' part; the ascender of the D bends to the left over the bow; the F has a curved top stroke and the final N is superscript and considerably smaller and appears to have been squashed in as the lapidary ran out of space. |
| Legibility: | good |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 1 |
| Doubtful: | no |