| Corpus Refs: | Okasha/1993:26 Thomas/1994:1402 |
| Site: | LUNDY |
| Discovery: | arch excav, 1961 Gardner, K.S. |
| History: | Okasha/1993, 158: `The stone was discovered by K.S. Gardener and A. Langham in 1961 during an investigation of Beacon Hill cemetery. In May 1981 the stone was moved to its present position'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 1.77 x 0.63 x 0.15 (Okasha/1993) |
| Setting: | in ground |
| Location: | on site Okasha/1993, 154: `The stone is now set...against an enclosure bank of Beacon Hill cemetery, Lundy Island'. |
| Form: | cross-marked Okasha/1993, 158: `the stone is a pillar-stone'. |
| Condition: | incomplete , some Okasha/1993, 158, speaks of the stone being broken at the bottom. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: equal-armed; linear; straight; plain; plain; none; outer curv; none; plain |
| Decorations: | Okasha/1993, 158: `a cross within a circle'. Thomas/1994, 166: `ringed cross'. Thomas/1969, 139: `linear cross in a circle (a late 6th-century motif)'. |
| Thomas, C. (1969): | POTIT[{I}] Expansion: POTIT[I] Translation: [The stone of] Potit[i] (PN). Thomas/1969 139 reading only Thomas/1994 288 reading only |
| Okasha, E. (1986): | [PO]TIT Expansion: [PO]TIT Translation: [The stone] of Potit[us] (PN). Okasha/1993 158--160 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; below cross ; separated Okasha/1993, 158: `set in one line beneath the cross'. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 500 - 799 (Okasha/1993) 533 - 566 (Thomas/1994) |
| Language: | name only (rcaps) |
| Ling. Notes: | Thomas/1994, 288: `The interest of the name Potitus is that it was also borne by St Patrick's grandfather'. |
| Palaeography: | Okasha/1993, 158: `predominantly capital script'. |
| Legibility: | some Okasha/1993, 158: `The text is rather deteriorated and may be incomplete at the end where the stone is broken'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |