| Corpus Refs: | Huebner/1876:95 Macalister/1945:455 Nash-Williams/1950:403 RCAHMW/1925:1101 |
| Site: | SPOLE |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1852 Westwood, J.O. |
| History: | Rhys/1873, 6: `Aug. 19. -- We proceeded by rail to Pembroke and then went on foot about two miles to Cheriton Church, near Earl Cawdor's seat. Here we examined a stone'. Westwood/1879, 110: `A plaster cast of this stone had been exhibited at the Archaeological Institute of Great Britain in November, 1851, by the Rev. J. M. Traherne'. Macalister/1945, 431, gives Westwood the first credit for publishing this stone. |
| Geology: | Westwood/1879, 110: `old red sandstone'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.68 x 0.53 x 0.1 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
| Setting: | unattch |
| Location: | on site Westwood/1879, 109--110: `On the south side of the chancel of the church of Stackpole-Elidyr or Cheriton...is a small chantry in which the original stone altar is preserved'. Macalister/1945, 431: `A slab...serving as an altar table under the window of the Cawdor Chantry, which is on the south side of the chancel of the present church'. Nash-Williams/1950, 217: `Inside the church, in the Lort chapel'. |
| Form: | plain Macalister/1945, 431: `A slab...It has apparently been trimmed to a rectangular shape to make it fit its present position; and a rebate about 0' 1" deep and 0' 2" broad has been cut along the edge beside the first line of writing. The original top of the stone has been bevelled away'. Nash-Williams/1950, 217: `Rough pillar-stone'. |
| Condition: | complete , some |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Westwood, J.O. (1851): | CANTORIS{I} | FILIFANN[V^A]C{I} Expansion: CANTORISI FILI FANN[V^A]CI Westwood/1876 110 reading only |
| Jones, H.L. (1861): | CAM/V[--]ORIS{I} |
FILIFANNVC{I} Expansion: CAMV[--]ORISI FILI FANNVCI Westwood/1876 110 reading only |
| Jones, H.L. (1862): | CAM/VLORIS{I} | FILIFANNVC{I} Expansion: CAMVLORISI FILI FANNVCI Jones/1862 142 reading only |
| Rhys, J. (1873): | CAMELORIG{I} | FILIFANNVC{I} Expansion: CAMELORIGI FILI FANNVCI Rhys/1873 6 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | CAM/VLORIG{I} | FILIFANNVC{I} Expansion: CAMVLORIGI FILI FANNVCI Macalister/1945 431--432 reading only |
| Nash-Williams, V.E. (1950): | CAM/VLORIG{I} | FILIFANNVC{I} Expansion: CAMVLORIGI FILI FANNVCI Translation: (The stone) of Camulorix (PN), son of Fannucus (PN). Nash-Williams/1950 217 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | ind ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated Macalister/1945, 431: `The inscription is in two lines...on the present upper surface'. Nash-Williams/1950, 217: `Latin inscription (damaged) in two lines reading vertically downwards'. |
| Incision: | pocked Macalister/1945, 431: `pocked and rubbed'. |
| Date: | 400 - 533 (Nash-Williams/1950) 600 - 699 (Westwood/1876) 500 - 566 (Jackson/1953) 525 - 550 (Thomas/1994) Thomas/1994, 268, argues for a date in the second quarter of the sixth century. |
| Language: | Latin (rcaps) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Westwood/1879, 110: `represented in its partially defaced condition by the late Rev. H. Longueville Jones (Arch. Camb., 1861, p. 137 (not available))...the inscription reading -- CAMV .... ORIS{I} FILI FANNVC{I} The missing letters may have been LL or CL, but there is some degree of uncertainty about them...A plaster cast of this stone had been exhibited...in the notice of which the reading was given CANTORIS -- FILI FANNVCI or FANNACI (Arch. Camb., 1852, p. 70 [not available]). The elongated S in the first line and the debased H-shaped N's in the second line merit notice, and led with other characters to the stone being regarded as not later than the seventh century'. Macalister/1945, 431--432: `If there were ever Oghams on the stone, these operations have entirely removed them: thereby depriving us of the direct evidence that they could have given us of how the letter F would have been represented. The MV is ligatured. The two lines are set an unusually wide distance apart from one another'. Nash-Williams/1950, 217: `Roman capitals, with horizontal final -I's and one ligature'. Thomas/1994, 267, provides an answer to the question of the use of F. |
| Legibility: | some Westwood/1879, 110: `It is of the old red sandstone formation, inclining to split off in laminae, which has injured some of the letters'. RCAHMW/1925, 388: `much-worn'. Macalister/1945, 431--432: `The letters are in fair condition, though the schist-like stone has scaled, and thus injured them slightly. The reading is obvious'. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |
Jackson/1953, 626, sees the name as British. Also see his p. 644 for the use of the composition vowel in this name.