Corpus Refs: | Huebner/1876:28 Macalister/1949:1060 Okasha/1993:57 |
Site: | STWFD |
Discovery: | recognised, 1838 Johnes |
History: | Okasha/1993, 268, `The stone was first recorded in 1838 by Kempe who said `much praise is due to the Rev. Mr Johnes, who caused this curious relic to be taken up from the road side and preserved in the church-yard'...In May 1870 W.C. Borlase described the stone in the churchyard, `standing on the top of the hedge, to the right of the entrance gate'. In spite of the word `hedge' Borlase's description and the accompanying illustration suggest that the stone was probably then in its present position'. |
Geology: | Macalister/1949, 187: `sandstone'. |
Dimensions: | 1.6 x 0.39 x 0.43 (Okasha/1993) |
Setting: | in ground |
Location: | on site Okasha/1993, 268: `The stone is now in Stowford churchyard, on a grass bank to the right of the gate'. |
Form: | plain Okasha/1993, 268: `The stone is an uncarved pillar-stone'. |
Condition: | complete , good Okasha/1993, 268: `probably complete'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | GURGLES Expansion: GURGLES Macalister/1949 187 reading only |
Okasha, E. (1984): | [G]U[.G]LE[S] Expansion: GU[.]GLES Translation: Gu[.]gles (PN). Okasha/1993 269--70 concise discussion |
Thomas, C. (1994): | GUNGLEI Expansion: GUNGLEI Radford/1969 81 reading only Thomas/1994 290 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | inc ; narrow ; n/a ; undecorated |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | 700 - 999 (Okasha/1993) 700 - 700 (Thomas/1994) |
Language: | name only (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | Okasha/1993, 268: `a predominantly insular script with some odd letter forms'. Macalister/1949, 187: `the letters are half-uncials eccentrically formed'. |
Legibility: | good Okasha/1993, 268: `The text is probably complete but slightly deteriorated'. Macalister/1949, 187: `The lower part of the first G is spalled, but still traceable: the lower part of the R is lost...the reading is certain'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |