| Corpus Refs: | Huebner/1876:5 Macalister/1945:472 Okasha/1993:35 |
| Site: | NANSW |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1846 Kent, T. |
| History: | Okasha/1993, 189: `The stone was first described in 1846 by Kent...he stated that it `now supplies the place of a gate-post, at a spot a few miles distant from Padstow'...In 1856 the stone was `at the mowhay gate, Nanscowe'...In 1895, however, the stone was again stated to be a gatepost...In 1929 Macalister described it as `on the left-hand side of the garden walk, leading to the farmhouse', probably...its present position'. |
| Geology: | Macalister/1945, 450: `granite'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.25 x 0.37 x 0.28 (Okasha/1993) |
| Setting: | in ground |
| Location: | Nanscow; Okasha/1993, 189: `The stone is now in the garden of Nanscow Farm, St. Breock'. |
| Form: | plain Okasha/1993, 189: `uncarved pillar stone'. |
| Condition: | complete , good Okasha/1993, 189: `probably complete'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | VLCAGNIFILI | SEVER{I} Expansion: VLCAGNI FILI SEVERI Macalister/1945 450 reading only |
| Okasha, E. (1984): | VLCAGNIFI[L--] | SEVER{I} Expansion: VLCAGNI FILI SEVERI Translation: [The stone] of Ulcagnus (PN) son of Severus (PN). Okasha/1993 191 reading only |
| Thomas, C. (1994): | VLCAGNIFI[L-- | SEVER{I} Expansion: VLCAGNI FILI SEVERI Translation: Ulcagnus (PN) son of Severus (PN). Thomas/1994 262, 307 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | many ; both ; n/a ; undecorated |
| Incision: | pocked Macalister/1945, 450: `probably pocked and rubbed'. |
| Date: | 400 - 699 (Okasha/1993) 500 - 533 (Thomas/1994) |
| Language: | Latin (rcaps) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Okasha/1993, 191: `predominantly capital script'. |
| Legibility: | good Okasha/1993, 191: `the texts are...legible'. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |
Thomas/1994, 262: `an Irish-named settler'.
Thomas/1994, 262: `a Roman named father'.