| Corpus Refs: | Nash-Williams/1950:204 RCAHMW/1976:940 |
| Site: | LCRFN |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1879 Westwood, J.O. |
| History: | Westwood/1879, 236: `I am indebted to G. E. Robinson, Esq., of Cardiff, for a drawing and notice of a fragment of a sculptured stone at Llancarfan...It has been used as the sill of a window, having been found built into the walls of the church'. Nash-Williams/1950, 133: `Inside church, standing against E. wall of S. aisle'. |
| Geology: | Nash-Williams/1950, 133: `Sutton stone'. |
| Dimensions: | 0.81 x 0.33 x 0.29 (RCAHMW/1973) |
| Setting: | unattch |
| Location: | on site Nash-Williams/1950, 133: `Inside church, standing against E. wall of S. aisle'. RCAHMW/1973, 62: `in St. Cadoc's Church'. |
| Form: | Cramp shaft A Westwood/1879, 236: `It is 35 inches long, 12 inches wide at top, and 11 inches at the bottom'. Nash-Williams/1950, 133: `Shaped quadrangular block. 32" l. x 11 1/4--13" w. x 9 1/2--11 1/2" t...One of the basal angles is chamfered'. RCAHMW/1973, 62: `Fragment of shaft of probable pillar-cross (Plate 24) The squared block of Sutton stone, 81cm long and 33cm by 29cm tapering to 29cm by 24cm, represents the upper part of a shaft similar to Nos. 932 and 933 at Llantwit Major...The shaft is of late 9th- or 10th-century date'. |
| Condition: | frgmntry , poor RCAHMW/1973, 62: `the surface is mutilated through re-use as building material'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | Westwood/1879, 236: `On one side of the face it bears the letter d and two oblong marks on the edge, which are however only trials of a mason, while on the other side are traces of letters...On the face also occurs an interlaced ribbon-pattern rudely executed, represented in fig. 4, from a rubbing also furnished by Mr. Robinson'. Nash-Williams/1950, 133: `The face is decorated with a narrow vertical panel of plain figure-of-eight knotwork (R.A. 568) carved in medium relief. The raised borders bear vestiges of an inscription running lengthwise'. RCAHMW/1973, 6: `On one face a narrow sunk panel (incomplete through severing of the shaft) contains triple-looped knotwork (`figure of eight') in three lobes and part of another, the other faces being plain'. |
| Westwood, J.O. (1879): | D | || X{*}:STER Expansion: D X{*} STER Westwood/1876 236, Fig.101 reading only |
| Nash-Williams, V.E. (1950): | [--] | || --]MSCEP[T--P]S[-- Expansion: [----]MSCEP[T--P]S[-- Nash-Williams/1950 133 reading only |
| RCAHMW (1973): | --]MSCEP[I--]P[...]SES:C[-- Expansion: --]MSCEP[I--]P[...]SES C[-- RCAHMW/1976 62 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | ind ; shaft ; n/a ; moulding Nash-Williams/1950, 133: `The raised borders bear vestiges of an inscription running lengthwise'. RCAHMW/1973, 62: `down one side of the panelled face'. |
| Incision: | cut Nash-Williams/1950, 133: `crudely cut'. |
| Date: | 1000 - 1199 (Nash-Williams/1950) 1000 - 1199 (RCAHMW/1976) |
| Language: | Indeterminate (rcaps) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Westwood/1879, 236: `On one side of the face it bears the letter d and two oblong marks on the edge, which are however only trials of a mason, while on the other side are traces of letters which look like X{*} .STER, as shown in my figure copied from Mr. Robinson's drawing'. Nash-Williams/1950, 133: `Romanesque capitals, crudely cut, with uncial M'. RCAHMW/1973, 62: `Letters...cut as squared capitals and probably of 11th- or 12th-century date. Other strokes, more deeply cut, on this face are probably modern'. |
| Legibility: | poor RCAHMW/1973, 62: `obliterated'. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |