| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:1057 Okasha/1993:54 |
| Site: | SCRED |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1895 Langdon, A. |
| History: | Okasha/1993, 255: `The stone was described and illustrated by Lysons and Lysons in 1814; it was then in `Sancreet churchyard'. No inscription was seen until Langdon discovered it some time in or before 1895. He described how he and the vicar … had the cross dug up, unearthing some 100cm of the shaft which contained the text. On 14 June 1895 the cross was placed in `an old circular cross-base' brought from Treganhoe farm nearby; it was then set up in its present position in, or close to, the position it had previously occupied'. |
| Geology: | Thomas/1994, 286: `granite'. |
| Dimensions: | 2.28 x 0.29 x 0.28 (Okasha/1993) |
| Setting: | in ground |
| Location: | on site Okasha/1993, 255: `The stone is now in Sancreed churchyard. It stands to the left of the path leading from the south gate to the south door of the church'. |
| Form: | Cramp sh. A, head 8e, r5 Thomas/1994, 286: `an extremely tall granite pillar that was subsequently inverted and carved into a twelfth century cross with round head and ornamental shaft'. |
| Condition: | complete , good |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | boss; figural; frame; geometric key pattern; geometric other Macalister/1949, 186: `On the E. face is the Crucifixion, beneath which is a long panel, containing what looks like a conventionalised plant in a flower-pot. The W. face shows a plain cross pattée, with, underneath it, a long rectangular panel, blank save for a rectangular space and a shield-shaped figure at its upper end'. |
| Langdon, A. (1888): | [--] | FILIVSIC Expansion: [--] FILIVS IC Langdon/1896 362 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | EROC{A}/V[I] | FILIVSIC Expansion: EROCAVI FILIVS IC Macalister/1949 186 reading only |
| Okasha, E. (1985): | --] | [-- Expansion: [--] Okasha/1993 255--258 reading only |
| Thomas, C. (1994): | [--] | FILIVSIC Expansion: [--] FILIVS IC Thomas/1994 286 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical up |
| Position: | inc ; narrow ; n/a ; undivided Okasha/1993, 255: `incised in a space beneath a panel of carving'. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 500 - 566 (Thomas/1994) Thomas/1994, 286, believes this text to be the original use of the stone and date to `not later than VI.2'. The form of the cross is much later, dated by Thomas to the 12th century. 800 - 999 (Okasha/1993) Okasha/1993, 256--58, believes the text to be contemporary with the rest of the monument and thus dates it by the monument form. |
| Language: | Latin (rcaps) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Thomas/1994, 286: `The inscription is in normal capitals'. |
| Legibility: | poor Langdon/1896, 362, states that the upper line was `now too defaced to decipher' but the lower line was `quite distinct'. Okasha/1993, 258: `The texts are now illegible'. Thomas/1994, 286: `FILIVS IC can certainly be read'. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |
| Langdon, A. (1888): | INCX | X Expansion: INCX X Langdon/1896 361 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | […..] Expansion: [IACIT] Macalister/1949 186 reading only |
| Okasha, E. (1985): | [--] Expansion: [--] Okasha/1993 256--258 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | inc ; broad ; n/a ; panel Okasha/1993, 255: `incised in a panel [at the bottom of] the face of the shaft'. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 800 - 999 (Okasha/1993) |
| Language: | Indeterminate (ind) |
| Ling. Notes: | Okasha/1993, 256--57: `Text consists of only small traces of what may have been letters … The position of text (ii) suggests that it was primary'. |
| Palaeography: | none |
| Legibility: | poor Langdon/1896, 361: `now almost obliterated'. Okasha/1993, 258: `illegible'. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | yes |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | --]RCAS | --][..]O[..] Expansion: --]RCAS [--][..]O[..] Translation: --]rcas(PN) [--]o[--] |
| Orientation: | vertical up |
| Position: | W ; broad ; n/a ; separated Macalister/1949, 186: `The inscription begins on the blank butt, underneath the rectangular panel. It was in two vertical lines, reading upward'. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Incomplete Information (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | none |
| Legibility: | poor Macalister/1949, 186: `The surface is almost completely disintegrated'. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | yes |