| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:548 |
| Site: | KCMMN |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1802 Little, J. |
| History: | Petrie/1878, 46: `this stone was published [in a]...paper by the Rev. James Little, read June 21st, 1802'. Macalister/1949, 13-14: `I could not find it at Kilcummin: but a young woman who was passing by told me that she remembered seeing it when she was a child, and pointed to a dense growth of brambles, which, she thought, were covering it: they are against the south side of the church, outside. They would have taken a long time to stub out; I am therefore, obliged to depend on Petrie'. |
| Geology: | Petrie/1878, 46: `hard grit or freestone'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.22 x 1.83 x 0.0 (converted from Petrie/1878) |
| Setting: | inc |
| Location: | on site Macalister/1949, 13--14: `I could not find it at Kilcummin: but a young woman who was passing by told me that she remembered seeing it when she was a child, and pointed to a dense growth of brambles, which, she thought, were covering it: they are against the south side of the church, outside'. |
| Form: | cross-slab Petrie/1878, 46: `The stone...is a thick slab'. |
| Condition: | inc , inc |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: equal-armed; outline; straight; n/a; square; none; none; other; plain 2: equal-armed; linear; straight; n/a; square; none; none; none; plain 4: equal-armed; linear; straight; n/a; square; none; none; none; plain 3: equal-armed; linear; straight; n/a; inc; none; none; none; plain |
| Decorations: | Details of the decoration and inscription on this cross are taken from Petrie/1878, 46, and Plate XXVIII. The main cross is flanked in its lower sinister and dexter quadrants by small equal-armed crosses. A third such cross is in the upper sinister quadrant, integrated into the text of the inscription. |
| Petrie, G. (1878): | O~R~T~ || AR | AN || MAI | N+ || M~ | ET || ICH | + || + Expansion: OROIT AR ANMAIN MAC ETICH Translation: Pray for the soul of Mac Etich (PN). Petrie/1878 46 concise discussion |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | ORT || AR | AN || MAI | N+ || M~ | ET || ICH | + || + Expansion: OROIT AN ANMAIN MAIC ETICH Macalister/1949 13--14 concise discussion |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | inc ; broad ; mixed ; panel The first three of the four lines of text occupy the sinister and dexter upper quadrants of the cross. The fourth and final line runs across the two lower quadrants.
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| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Macalister/1949, 14, discussing Petrie's transcription comments, `whether the horizontal stroke at the top of the cross is intended to do duty as the contraction-mark above ORT does not appear certain'. |
| Legibility: | inc |
| Lines: | 4 |
| Carving errors: | n |
| Doubtful: | no |