| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1949:App. 19 Okasha/Forsyth/2001:Toureen Peacaun 13 |
| Site: | TOURP |
| Discovery: | arch excav, 1944 Duignan, M.V. |
| History: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 248: `The stone was found in the summer of 1944 during excavation at the site ... it was `Noted near West Cross' ... During September to December 1944 the east wall of the church was rebuilt, incorporating many of the inscribed stones, including this one. The stone has remained there since'. |
| Geology: | Macalister/1949, 213: `sandstone'. |
| Dimensions: | 0.17 x 0.29 x 0.05 (Okasha/Forsyth/2001) |
| Setting: | in struct |
| Location: | on site Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 248: `The stone is built into the interior east wall of the ruined church'. |
| Form: | other Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 248: `The stone is part of a rectangular slab'. |
| Condition: | frgmntry , inc Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 248: `missing its bottom left-hand corner. A large area of the surface has broken off in this same corner'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: equal-armed; outline; expanded; plain; plain; none; n/a; none; plain |
| Decorations: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 248: `Incised on its visible face is an outline equal-armed cross'. |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | --]ALE Expansion: --]ALE Macalister/1949 213 reading only |
| Okasha and Forsyth (1996): | [--]ALE Expansion: [--]ALE Okasha/Forsyth/2001 249 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; below cross ; undivided Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 248: `a single horizontal line of text below [the cross]'. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | name only (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 248: `The text is in half-uncial script'. CISP: The lettering is Insular half-uncial. The A is in the 'OC' form and the L has a wedge-shaped finial at its top. The E is in the open uncial form with an extended central horizontal stroke. |
| Legibility: | some Okasha/Forsyth/2001, 248: `slightly deteriorated'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |