| Corpus Refs: | Huebner/1876:4 Macalister/1945:481 Okasha/1993:49 |
| Site: | SHLRY |
| Discovery: | in/on structure, 1853 workmen |
| History: | Okasha/1993, 236: `The stone was found in 1853 after the destruction of St Hilary church by fire in March 1853. Blight recorded that the stone `was found at the north-west angle of the chancel, 2 feet below the level of the floor...By 1858 the stone was described as: `placed close to the church-yard gate, on the right hand side of the walk leading to the church porch'. This is its present position'. |
| Geology: | Macalister/1945, 460: `granite'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.93 x 0.52 x 0.26 (Okasha/1993) |
| Setting: | in ground |
| Location: | on site Okasha/1993, 236: `The stone is now in St Hilary churchyard, to the south of the church, beside the gate'. |
| Form: | plain |
| Condition: | complete , good |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | other Thomas/1994, 290: `[the inscription is] preceded by three elaborate symbols something on the lines of the Mawgan Cross [MAWGN/1]. The eye of faith might read them as alpha, M and omega but cool reason would be hard put to explain precisely how. They exist, but remain meaningless. The second line is an attempt to reproduce the upper line, and not very competently so'. |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | {A}{M}{W~} | NOTI | NOTI Expansion: ALPHA MARIA OMEGA NOTI NOTI Macalister/1945 460--461 reading only |
| Okasha, E. (1985): | N[.] NOTI | [..]NOTI Expansion: N[.] NOTI [..] NOTI Translation: (The stone) of Notus, [son] of Notus. Okasha/1993 236--238 reading only |
| Thomas, C. (1994): | NOTI | NOTI Expansion: NOTI NOTI Translation: Of Notus (PN), of Notus (PN). Thomas/1994 289--90 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | inc ; broad ; n/a ; inc |
| Incision: | pock Macalister/1945, 460: `pocked and rubbed'. |
| Date: | 500 - 699 (Okasha/1993) Due to use of Latin name (Okasha/1993, 238). 600 - 699 (Thomas/1994) |
| Language: | name only (rcaps) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Okasha/1993, 236: `predominantly capital script'. |
| Legibility: | some At the top of the each line of the inscriptions there are three strange characters. These have been called alpha, omega and M (for Maria; Macalister/1945, 460); illegible letters or designs (Okasha/1993, 238) or strange, now meaningless characters (Thomas/1994, 290). The remainder of the text is clear and legible. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |