LNGAN/1

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

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Inscriptions


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Readings

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

Notes

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

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