KBRCN/5

Corpus Refs:Higgins/1987:85
Macalister/1949:536
Site:KBRCN
Discovery:first mentioned, 1878 Petrie, G.
History:
Geology:
Dimensions:1.42 x 0.51 x 0.13 (converted from Macalister/1949)
Setting:in ground
Location:earliest
Higgins/1987, 363: `This stone stands upright in the graveyard at Temple Brecan, Inishmore, Aran Islands'.
Form:plain
Higgins/1987, 363: `a large, roughly rectangular slab'.
Condition:inc , good
Folklore:none
Crosses:1: latin; outline; straight; expanded; circular; none; outer curv; tenon; plain
Decorations:

Macalister/1949, 7: `shewn ... bearing an equilateral cross in a circle supported on a Latin cross fitché and, as it were, inserted below into a block-shaped base'.

References


Inscriptions


KBRCN/5/1

Readings

Petrie, G. (1878):CRONMAEL
Expansion:
CRONMAEL
Petrie/1878 22, Fig. 30 minor reference
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):CRONMAOL
Expansion:
CRONMAOL
Macalister/1949 7 minor reference
Higgins, J.G. (1987):CRONMAOIL
Expansion:
CRONMAOIL
Higgins/1987 363 concise discussion

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:E ; broad ; within quadrants ; inc
Macalister/1949, 7: `Inscription bisected by the upper arm of the Latin cross'.
Incision:pocked
Higgins/1987, 363: `The cross and the inscription have been executed by pocking with a small tool, probably a point and have been neatly and precisely worked'.
Date:None published
Language:Goidelic (rbook)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Higgins/1987, 363: `in half uncials'.

CISP: The lettering is half-uncial. Few of the letters are sufficiently distinct to say any morer.

Legibility:some
Higgins/1987, 363: `The inscription is indistinct and its reading is uncertain'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:n
Doubtful:no

Names

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