| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:592 Petrie/1878:66 |
| Site: | DUROW |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1845 Petrie, G. |
| History: | Recorded in Petrie/1878, 56: `Drawn at Durrow by Dr. Petrie, about the year 1845'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 1.09 x 0.41 x 0.18 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
| Setting: | in ground |
| Location: | earliest |
| Form: | cross-slab |
| Condition: | complete , good |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; interlace; straight; expanded; square; none; inner curv; angular; decorated |
| Decorations: | geometric ribbon interlace; geometric spiral Macalister/1949, 40--41: `an unusually elaborate five-line cross, square expansions at the centre and the three lower terminals, a semi-circular expansion at the top, all decorated with interlacements and spiral patterns'. |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | O~R~ || DOAIGIDIU Expansion: OROIT DO AIGIDIU Translation: Pray for Aigide (PN). Macalister/1949 40--41 concise discussion Petrie/1878 56 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; quadrant |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 950 - 950 (Lionard/1961) |
| Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The Ds have ascenders which bend to the left over open bows, the G is half-uncial with an angular 'hook', the R is also half-uncial. The minuscule A has a square bow and the U is flat bottomed. |
| Legibility: | some |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |