Corpus Refs: | Langdon/Allen/1895:1 Macalister/1945:466 Okasha/1993:23(i) |
Site: | LWNCK |
Discovery: | recognised, 1892 Langdon, A.G. |
History: | Okasha/1993, 146: `The stone was found by Langdon on 7 June 1892 `on the south side of the churchyard, near a large tree'. The stone was then `apparently deeply buried'. The stone has remained in the churchyard since it was found'. |
Geology: | Macalister/1945, 443: `red granite'. |
Dimensions: | 1.22 x 0.4 x 0.23 (Okasha/1993) |
Setting: | in ground |
Location: | on site Okasha/1993, 146: `The stone is now in Lewannick churchyard to the west of the lych-gate'. |
Form: | plain Okasha/1993, 146, states that the stone is an uncarved pillar stone. |
Condition: | complete , some Okasha/1993, 146: `slightly broken'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Langdon, A. (1892): | INCEN | VI | MEM | ORIA Expansion: INCENVI MEMORIA Langdon/Allen/1895 53 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | INGEN | VI | MEM | ORIA Expansion: INGENVI MEMORIA Macalister/1945 443--444 reading only |
Okasha, E. (1986): | [I]N[.EN] | [.]VI[--] | [MEM] | [O..A] Expansion: IN[.]EN[.]VI[--] MEMO[..]A Okasha/1993 146--148 reading only |
Thomas, C. (1994): | INGEN | VI | MEM | ORIA Expansion: INGENVI MEMORIA Translation: The/ memoria/ of Ingenuus (PN). Thomas/1994 262--263 reading only |
Orientation: | horizontal |
Position: | inc ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated Okasha/1993, 146: `incised without framing lines or panel on the face of the stone'. |
Incision: | pocked Macalister/1945, 443: `probably pocked'. |
Date: | 400 - 799 (Okasha/1993) 500 - 533 (Thomas/1994) |
Language: | Latin (rcaps) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | The letters vary from 5 to 8 cm in height (Okasha/1993, 146). |
Legibility: | poor Macalister/1945, 443: `The inscription...is in very bad condition'. Okasha/1993, 146: `highly deteriorated and script uncertain'. |
Lines: | 4 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |
Langdon, A. (1892): | IGENAVIMEMOR Expansion: IGENAVI MEMOR Langdon/Allen/1895 53 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | IGENAVIMEMOR Expansion: IGENAVI MEMOR Macalister/1945 444 reading only |
Okasha, E. (1986): | [--] Expansion: [--] Okasha/1993 146--148 reading only |
Thomas, C. (1994): | IGENAWIMEMOR Expansion: IGENAWI MEMOR Translation: The _memoria_ of Ingenuus (PN). Thomas/1994 262--263 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical up |
Position: | inc ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated Okasha/1993, 146: `incised vertically on the edge between the face and the left-hand side of the stone'. |
Incision: | pocked Macalister/1945, 443: `probably pocked'. |
Date: | 500 - 799 (Okasha/1993) 500 - 533 (Thomas/1994) |
Language: | Incomplete Information (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | The language of the inscription is uncertain. Macalister/1945, 444, and Langdon/1892, 251, both saw the language as Latin. Other commentators such as Thomas/1994, 263, and McManus/1991, 203, have seen the word MEMOR not as Latin but as a loan word into Primitive Irish. |
Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 444: `The scores of the final R in the ogham straggle strangely'. |
Legibility: | poor Macalister/1945, 443: `The inscription...is in very bad condition'. Okasha/1993, 146: `The text...is now illegible'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |