SEIRK/1

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'.

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Inscriptions


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Readings

Macalister, R.A.S. (1949):O~R~DOCHERBALL
Expansion:
OROIT DO CHERBALL
Macalister/1949 39, Plate VIII concise discussion

Notes

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

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