GLEND/8

Corpus Refs:Macalister/1949:883A
Site:GLEND
Discovery:first mentioned, 1912 Anon
History:Macalister/1949, 83: `at the Refert church, lying in the graveyard opposite the S.E. angle of the nave (Board of Works Report, No. 74)'.
Geology:
Dimensions:1.63 x 0.6 x 0.0 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:on ground
Location:earliest
Macalister/1949, 83: `at the Refert Church, lying in the graveyard opposite the S. E. angle of the nave'.
Form:cross-slab
Condition:frgmntry , some
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; angular; ind; none; plain
Decorations:

Macalister/1949, 83: `a cross similar to that on the preceding monument [GLEND/7], but formed of six lines'.

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Inscriptions


GLEND/8/1

Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):O~R~DO[--] || [--]DO[MN]OGG
Expansion:
OROIT DO [--]DO[MN]OGG
Macalister/1949 83 reading only

Notes

Orientation:vertical down
Position:n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated
In the sinister cantons, reading downward.
Incision:inc
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:CISP: The lettering is half-uncial. Little can be made out but the Ds have ascenders which bend to the left over open bows, the R is majuscule and the final Gs are in the classic half-uncial form.
Legibility:poor
Macalister/1949, 83: `Inscription much worn'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

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