| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:135 Macalister/1949:695 |
| Site: | CLMAC |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1854 Graves, C. |
| History: | First recorded in Graves/1855, 294. Recorded as still on site in Macalister/1949, 53. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.57 x 0.39 x 0.13 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
| Setting: | inc |
| Location: | on site |
| Form: | boulder Macalister/1909, 27: `a rounded block of stone, not a flat slab'. |
| Condition: | incomplete , some |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; none; inner curv; none; plain |
| Decorations: | Macalister/1949, 53, argues for a cross with half-round expansions and a circular central expansion. |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | O~R~ || DO | MA || ELPHE{T}[-- Expansion: OROIT DO MAELPHET[IR] Macalister/1909 27 reading only Macalister/1949 53 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated The inscription is in two lines running downwards through each of the four quadrants. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The intial OR has a contraction mark over it with the R majuscule; the D has an ascender which bends leftwards over an open bow; the E's are three-pronged with the middle stroke elongated; the P is open-bowed and the bottom of the descender has a distinct wedge-shaped finial. The last surviving letter, a T, has been placed superscript above the E. |
| Legibility: | poor Macalister/1909, 27: `It is not very easy to decipher the inscription, especially from a rubbing, for the curious reason that the texture of the stone is full of small round nodules...and the real writing is confused by them'. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |