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Corpus Refs:Macalister/1949:883
Site:GLEND
Discovery:first mentioned, 1911 Anon
History:Macalister/1949, 83: `At the Refert Church, lying outside the west wall, one of several there recumbent: No. 73 of the Board of Works' publications, from the Eightieth Annual Report, 1911-12...it is the second slab from the north-west angle of the church'.
Geology:
Dimensions:1.56 x 0.71 x 0.0 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:unattch
Location:on site
Macalister/1949, 83: `At the Refert Church, lying outside the west wall, one of several there recumbent'.
Form:cross-slab
Condition:complete , some
Macalister/1949, 83: `It is broken into three pieces and much defaced by footwear'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; angular; none; none; plain
Decorations:

Macalister/1949, 83: `a Latin cross inside a rectangular frame'.

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Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):OROIT ||| AR | DIARMAIT
Expansion:
OROIT AR DIARMAIT
Macalister/1949 83, Plate XLII reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical up
Position:n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; quadrant
Incision:inc
Date:1076 - 1076 (Lionard/1961)
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The A's are in the 'OC' form. The Ts are curved, the D has an ascender which bends to the left over an open bow and the Rs are majuscule, with the first example having a more open bow than the latter. The M has a short stroke ap and to the left from the left-most ascender.
Legibility:some
Macalister/1949, 83: `In a good cross light an inscription can be detected'.
Lines:2
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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