| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:980 Nash-Williams/1950:46a |
| Site: | LDDEW |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1885 Westwood, J.O. |
| History: | Westwood/1885, 147--149: `By the exertions of the Rev. I. Lane Davies, the Vicar, the restoration of the church was commenced in the summer of 1883, in the course of which additional proofs of its [the church's] antiquity were discovered. ... The Vicar was good enough to forward to me sketches and rubbings of two carved stones ... [and] Mr. Cobb also kindly sent me rubbings of another stone which had been built in the wall of the south transept, which, from its character, has been supposed to be pre-Norman'. Macalister/1949, 135: `Built into the wall of the S. Transept of the church, and found there during restoration: now lying in the vestry'. |
| Geology: | Macalister/1949, 135: `limestone'. |
| Dimensions: | 0.69 x 0.36 x 0.11 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
| Setting: | unattch |
| Location: | on site Nash-Williams/1950, 73: `In church in N. transept (= vestry)'. |
| Form: | cross-marked Westwood/1885, 149: `The stone is oval in shape'. Macalister/1949, 135: `A block'. Nash-Williams/1950, 73: ` Roughly rectangular slab (damaged). 27 1/2" h. x 14 1/2" w. x 5 1/2" t.'. |
| Condition: | incomplete , some |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; plain; plain; none; outer curv; none; plain |
| Decorations: | Macalister/1949, 135: `On one face is a plain equilateral cross in a circle, cut in fine lines'. Nash-Williams/1950, 73: `Lightly incised plain outline ring-cross with straight or faintly splayed intercrossing limbs (one pair extending beyond the circle-Fig. 5, 34) and traces of an inscription in one of the interspaces'. |
| Westwood, J.O. (1885): | WALMIE Expansion: WALMIE Westwood/1885 149 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | W/ALMERE Expansion: WALMERE Macalister/1949 135 concise discussion |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | WILMERE Expansion: WILMERE Macalister/1949 135 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | WUMERE Expansion: WUMERE Macalister/1949 135 reading only |
| Nash-Williams, V.E. (1950): | WLIGUE Expansion: WLIGUE Nash-Williams/1950 73 concise discussion |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; quadrant Macalister/1949, 135: `in the lower dexter canton'. Nash-Williams/1950, 73: `traces of an inscription in one of the interspaces [of the cross], in one line reading vertically downwards'. |
| Incision: | inc Macalister/1949, 135: `faintly scratched'. Nash-Williams/1950, 73: `thinly cut'. |
| Date: | 1000 - 1199 (Nash-Williams/1950) 1000 - 1199 (Westwood/1885) Westwood/1885, 149: `I should suppose they [the letters] may be of the eleventh or twelfth century'. |
| Language: | Indeterminate (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | Nash-Williams/1950, 73: `Meaning and reading uncertain (?a personal name)'. |
| Palaeography: | Westwood/1885, 149: `The letters are formed of slender, simple, incised lines about two-thirds of an inch long. I should suppose they may be of the eleventh or twelfth century'. Macalister/1949, 135: `WA ligatured in this case [reading LDDEW/1/1/3]'. Nash-Williams/1950, 73: `Minuscules, thinly cut'. |
| Legibility: | poor Very lightly cut and therefore difficult to read. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | n |
| Doubtful: | no |