CLMAC/67

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1909:94
Macalister/1949:663
Petrie/1872:79
Site:CLMAC
Discovery:first mentioned, 1869 Graves, J.
History:Petrie/1872, 39: `Drawn by M[argaret].S[tokes]. from a rubbing taken of the stone by the Rev. James Graves and W.M. Hennessy, 1869'.

Recorded as still being on site in Macalister/1949, 49.

Geology:
Dimensions:0.76 x 0.74 x 0.11 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:inc
Location:on site
Form:cross-slab
Condition:complete , good
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; outline; straight; expanded; square; cruciform; inner curv; none; plain
Decorations:

Macalister/1909, 18: `Quadrate Celtic cross with plain square ends to the arms'.

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Inscriptions


CLMAC/67/1     Pictures

Readings

Petrie, G. (1869):O~R~D || O || ANGU | S
Expansion:
OROIT DO ANGUS
Translation:
Pray for Angus (PN).
Macalister/1909 18 reading only
Petrie/1872 39 reading only
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909):OR~D || O || ANGU | S
Expansion:
OROIT DO ANGUS
Macalister/1909 Plate XIV reading only
Macalister/1949 49 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:n/a ; broad ; mixed ; separated
The inscription is on either side of the upper arm of the cross. One letter is also on this arm of the cross.
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The initial OR has a contraction mark over the R which is open-bowed and majuscule; the D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open bow; the second O is on the arm of the cross; the A is in the `OC' form; the S is minuscule.
Legibility:good
Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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