Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:590 |
Site: | SEIRK |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1949 Macalister, R.A.S. |
History: | |
Geology: | Macalister/1949, 39: `sandstone'. |
Dimensions: | 1.68 x 0.66 x 0.1 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | in ground |
Location: | earliest Macalister/1949, 39: `Among four ancient tombstones lying on this historically important site there is one of sandstone, recumbent west of the church'. |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | inc , poor |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; circular; cruciform; none; tenon; plain |
Decorations: | Macalister/1949, 39: `a Latin seven-line cross with a circular expansion at the centre and fantastically varied expansions at the terminals'. |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | O~R~DOCHERBALL Expansion: OROIT DO CHERBALL Macalister/1949 39, Plate VIII concise discussion |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | n/a ; both ; beside cross ; inc Macalister/1949, 39: `the lower sinister canton'. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The lettering is half-uncial. The Rs are half-uncial, the Ls curved and the B and D both have ascenders which curve over open bows. The E is in the open uncial form and the A and H are minuscule. |
Legibility: | poor Macalister/1949, 39: `the inscription is much worn, but with patience can be deciphered'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | n |
Doubtful: | no |