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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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 |
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 |