Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:962 |
Site: | KILCO |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1879 Wakeman, W. |
History: | Macalister/1949, 125: `Wakeman [in 1879] reports that of twelve or fourteen inscribed stones formerly lying about on ecclesiastical ruins at this place, all but three were destroyed, unrecorded, by a contractor making a drain'. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.8 x 0.37 x 0.18 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site Macalister/1949, 125: `Still on the site'. |
Form: | name-slab |
Condition: | complete , inc |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; expanded; round; curved; cruciform; none; none; plain |
Decorations: | Macalister/1949, 125: `A Latin cross on one of the broad faces, having a lozenge shaped expansion in the centre and circular expansions at the terminals'. |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | ORD~U || MAEL || CLU | CHI Expansion: OR[OIT] DU MAEL-CLUCHI Macalister/1949 125 reading only OSullivan/etal/1996 292 minor reference |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated Macalister/1949, 125: `Inscriptions running along the sinister side of the cross'. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: Insular half-uncial, but with quite angular letters. The M has a horizontal cross bar, the bow of the A is square, the U's are square-bottomed. The first L has a wedge-shaped finial on its ascender and the D appears to be a poor attempt at an open-bowed D with a heart-shaped bow. A contraction mark is placed above this D. |
Legibility: | good |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |