| Corpus Refs: | Nash-Williams/1950:393 |
| Site: | SEDRN |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1896 Allen, J.R. |
| History: | Allen/1883, 262: `at the foot of the tower of the church'. Allen/1896, 293: `Formerly lying in the churchyard at foot of tower, and now fixed inside church against wall'. Allen does not mention an inscription on this stone in 1883, but notes it in his 1896 catalogue of inscribed stones. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.69 x 0.36 x 0.01 (converted from Nash-Williams/1950) |
| Setting: | in struct |
| Location: | on site Nash-Williams/1950, 215: `Built into church in internal S. wall of chancel'. |
| Form: | cross-marked RomillyAllen/1883, 262--263: `No. 1 measures 2 feet 3 inches long but 1 foot 3 inches broad, and is 6 inches thick. The stone is rounded at the top, and the cross section is elliptical, the centre portion being raised and sloping away on each side. The stone seems to have been formed by nature into this shape, and the design of the cross adapted to it...the upper surface...is of an elongated horseshoe shape...The back of the stone is smooth and rounded, but had no carving upon it'. Allen/1896, 303: `Sepulchral cross-slab'. RCAHMW/1925, 367: `a stone (26 inches by 14 inches) in shape an ellipse and rounded at the top'. Nash-Williams/1950, 215: `Shaped round-headed cross-slab, tapering to the (? square-ended) foot (? partly fractured away). 27" h. x 14" w. (overall) x ?" t....The style is similar to that of Nos. 380-1, 392, 394, and 410'. |
| Condition: | complete , some Nash-Williams/1950, 215: `(? square-ended) foot (? partly fractured away)'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; expanded; inc; round holl; other; inner curv; none; plain |
| Decorations: | Allen/1883, 263: `Running around the whole of the outside edge of the upper surface of the slab, and following its contour, which is of an elongated horseshoe shape, is a bead-moulding enclosing a cross carved slightly in relief. The form of the cross is typically Celtic; i.e. with the circular ring uniting the four arms, which have the usual hollows at the intersections, and expanded ends. Several examples of this shape of cross occur on rectangular slabs at Clomacnoise in Ireland, and on one at Iona; but as far as I know, this is the only specimen existing in Wales, and the form of the slab is unique'. RCAHMW/1925, 367: `in relief a plain Latin cross in a circle uniting the four limbs, all the terminals being carried below the circle. The angles at the junction of the cross-arms are hollowed out, forming within the surrounding quarternion the appearance of a rude circle, but the enclosed space is not pierced. The contour of the stone is framed with a moulding of two lines'. Nash-Williams/1950, 215: `The convex face is edged with a double incised border-line enclosing a plain Latin wheel-cross, carved in medium relief, with traces of incised profile lines. The cross is of Irish type, with rounded armpits, long straight limbs with faintly moulded edges (mostly weathered away), and sharply splayed ends. Vestiges of paired monograms are traceable in the upper and lower inter-spaces'. |
| Nash-Williams, V.E. (1950): | [.] || {W~} | [..]C || [..]C Expansion: [alpha] omega [XP]C [IH]C Translation: (The cross of) Alpha (and) Omega. Jesus Christ. Nash-Williams/1950 393 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | ind ; broad ; within quadrants ; quadrant Nash-Williams/1950, 215: `Vestiges of paired monograms are traceable in the upper and lower inter-spaces reading horizontally'. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 900 - 1099 (Nash-Williams/1950) |
| Language: | Greek (greek) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | none |
| Legibility: | poor CISP: The letters are so faint and weathered that many commentators have missed them altogether. The first mention of the inscription is in passing in Allen's catalogue of 1896, it was not mentioned in his original article in 1883 (Allen/1896, 303, cf. Allen/1883, 262--263). |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |