| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:438 Nash-Williams/1950:320 RCAHMW/1925:477 |
| Site: | LFRN1 |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1708 Lewis, D. |
| History: | RCAHMW/1925, 167, `A sepulchral slab...appears to have been in existence in this church at the commencement of the 18th century. A hitherto unpublished letter written to Edward Lhuyd on the 26th September , 1708, by David Lewis of Pant y benne, Llanboidy, co. Carmarthen, runs as follows:--- ` ...Happening to be at Lhanvirnach Church in the County of Pembroke I took notice of a stone lying under the altar in the chancel... `It is probable that this important inscribed stone was utilised in the rebuilding of the church in 1842, and may lie hidden in the modern structure, or it may have been removed at that date to one of the neighbouring farmsteads.' Nash-Williams/1950, 188, `Now lost'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.61 x 0.61 x 0.13 (converted from Lewis, in RCAHMW/1925) |
| Setting: | Lost (present 1708, missing 1925) |
| Location: | The stone was mentioned in an unpublished letter in 1708 by David Lewis, but not seen by another antiquary (RCAHMW/1925, 167). |
| Form: | Indeterminate RCAHMW/1925, 167, `...about two foot broad each way and five inches thick.' |
| Condition: | n/a , n/a |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Lewis, D. (1708): | TAVUS{I}FI[--]{I}[-- Expansion: TAVUSI F[I]LI[-- Macalister/1945 417 reading only Nash-Williams/1950 188 reading only RCAHMW/1925 167 reading only |
| Orientation: | Indeterminate |
| Position: | ind ; ind ; ind ; ind |
| Incision: | ind |
| Date: | 400 - 599 (Nash-Williams/1950) |
| Language: | Latin (ind) |
| Ling. Notes: | Nash-Williams/1950, 188, `?Part of a Latin inscription.' |
| Palaeography: | Lewis, cited in RCAHMW/1925, 167: `I turned the stone, and ordered it to be washed, and there I discovered some lettrs which I have transcribed to the best of my endevor and care thu ...but it seems yt there [are] more lettrs, but yt they were worn out or yt the stone laid in some other place regardless till it was carried there.' |
| Legibility: | n/a Lewis, cited in RCAHMW/1925, 167, `there [are] more letters, but...woren out'. |
| Lines: | -1 |
| Carving errors: | n |
| Doubtful: | no |