GLEND/11

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1949:883D
Site:GLEND
Discovery:first mentioned, 1804 Ledwich
History:
Geology:Macalister/1949, 84: `soft limestone'.
Dimensions:1.6 x 0.64 x 0.0 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:on ground
Location:other
Macalister/1949, 84: `It was in the Refert graveyard but being of soft limestone it became the prey of the knives of holiday-makers who effected terrible havoc on the inscribed surface. To protect it against further injury it has been moved into `St Kevin's Kitchen', where it is kept under surveillance'.
Form:cross-slab
Condition:inc , poor
Macalister/1949, 84: `being of soft limestone it became the prey of the knives of holidaymakers, who effected terrible havoc on the inscribed surface...It is highly probable that most, if not all, of the numerous slabs in the Refert graveyard were inscribed, but footwear of the careless has reduced them, for the greater part, to blank surfaces'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: inc; inc; inc; inc; inc; none; inc; none; n/a
Decorations:geometric ribbon interlace

Macalister/1949, 84: `a cross having triquetra ends at the terminals'.

References


Inscriptions


GLEND/11/1

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):[--]
Expansion:
[--]
Macalister/1949 84 minor reference

Notes

Orientation:vertical up
Position:inc ; head ; inc ; inc
In the lower dexter canton.
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:unknown (inc)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: Not enough survives to make any comment about the lettering.
Legibility:poor
Macalister/1949, 84: `There seem to be vague traces of writing in the lower dexter canton, reading upward, but I can make nothing of them'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:yes

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