| Corpus Refs: | Higgins/1987:34 Macalister/1949:534 |
| Site: | KBRCN |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1875 Ferguson, S. |
| History: | |
| Geology: | Higgins/1987, 307: `limestone'. |
| Dimensions: | 0.81 x 0.33 x 0.08 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
| Setting: | in ground |
| Location: | earliest Higgins/1987, 307: `This is a weathered rectangular slab of limestone standing near Leaba Bhreacain at Temple Brecan, Na Seacht d'Tempaill, Inishmore, Aran Islands...the stone is set deep in the ground'.
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| Form: | cross-slab Higgins/1987, 307: `a weathered subrectangular slab'. |
| Condition: | complete , good |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; linear; expanded; half-round; curved; none; none; none; plain |
| Decorations: | Higgins/1987, 307: `The stone bears a single-line Latin cross fourchee and there is a small roundel of stone at the junction run out at the edges of the stone...The terminals are semi-circular in shape and splay widely outwards'. |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | UII || RO | MA || NI Expansion: UII ROMANI Translation: Seven Romans Macalister/1949 6--7, Plate I concise discussion |
| Higgins, J.G. (1987): | VII || RO | MA || NI Expansion: VII ROMANI Higgins/1987 307, Fig.34, Plate 8B, 29B concise discussion |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; beside cross ; quadrant Higgins/1987, 307: `distributed across the four cantons'. |
| Incision: | pocked Higgins/1987, 307: `Both the cross and the inscription were pocked and this pocking is neat and accurate'. |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Latin (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | Macalister/1949, 6--7: `the "Seven Romans", the probability is that this inscription ... is dedicatory rather than commemorative, being erected in honour of the seven martyred sons of Symphorosa, who are named in the Irish martyrologies of Oengus and of Gorman, under date 27 June'. |
| Palaeography: | Higgins/1987, 307: `in half uncials'. CISP: The lettering is half-uncial. The M, A and N are in minuscule forms. The R is half-uncial and the V is almost angular. |
| Legibility: | good |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | n |
| Doubtful: | no |