Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:371 Nash-Williams/1950:322 |
Site: | LNGAN |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1872 Barnwell, E. L. |
History: | Macalister/1945, 353, records that the stone was first published by E. L. Barnwell in 1872, and that it was `lying in a field between the church and the road which passes it, and just outside the boundary of the church'. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.76 x 0.61 x 0.2 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
Setting: | on ground |
Location: | earliest Macalister/1945, 353: `lying in a field between the churchyard and the road which passes it, and just outside the boundary of the churchyard'. Nash-Williams/1950, 190: `In field to NE of church'. |
Form: | block Macalister/1945, 353: `A block of stone...An oval hollow on the uppper surface gives it an appearance resembling the seat of a wooden chair'. Nash-Williams/1950, 190: `Rough stone block'. |
Condition: | incomplete , some |
Folklore: | Macalister/1945, 354: `the stone is locally called ``the chair of St. Canna'' (the patron saint of the parish). |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | CANV Expansion: CANV Macalister/1945 354--355 reading only |
Nash-Williams, V.E. (1950): | CANV Expansion: CANV Nash-Williams/1950 190 reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | n/a ; other ; n/a ; undecorated Macalister/1945, 354: `As though to confirm the traditional name, the letters...are cut on the margin of the back of the seat-hollow'. Nash-Williams/1950, 190: `Inscription (Fig. 208) in one line reading horizontally (?)'. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | - (Nash-Williams/1950) Nash-Williams/1950, 190: `? early christian'. |
Language: | Indeterminate (rcaps) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 354: `there is no reason to throw doubt on its authenticity'. Nash-Williams/1950, 190: `Roman capitals, with Y-shaped v.' |
Legibility: | poor Macalister/1945, 354: `The letters are much worn, and the inscription is enigmatical'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |