| Corpus Refs: | Okasha/1993:70 |
| Site: | TVRRK |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1892 Matthews, J.H. |
| History: | Okasha/1993, 310: `The stone was first noted by Matthews in 1892 in the same position in which it is now. Matthews stated that the stone came from the ruins of a chapel in a nearby field called `Chapel Field'. He continued: `The site was ploughed up in the year 1840, and the remains of the chapel carted away'. The inscribed stone was presumably built into the farmhouse wall at some time between 1840 and 1892'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.75 x 0.43 x 0.0 (Okasha/1993) |
| Setting: | in struct |
| Location: | earliest Okasha/1993, 310: `The stone is now built into the front wall of the farmhouse at Trevarrack Farm, Lelant, St. Ives. It is built in upside down some 4m. from the ground'. |
| Form: | Indeterminate CISP: Impossible to ascertain the form of the monument as it is built into a wall. Okasha/1993, 310: `The stone is probably uncarved and is now incomplete'. |
| Condition: | incomplete , some |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Okasha, E. (1986): | --]BEL{I}E | --]ASD{I} | --]N[D]{A} Expansion: [--]BELIE[--]ASDI[--]NDA Okasha/1993 311--312 reading only |
| Orientation: | Indeterminate |
| Position: | inc ; ind ; n/a ; undecorated Okasha/1993, 310: `The text is incised in three lines on the visible face of the stone. As the stone is now, the text reads horizontally and upside down. The present lowest line of text, that is [--]BELIE, is set in a panel but the others have no panels or framing lines'. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 500 - 799 (Okasha/1993) Okasha/1993, 311: `The stone probably belongs to Category 3b, undecorated slabs; it cannot be dated, although the use of horizontal I might suggest a sixth- to eighth-century date for the stone'. |
| Language: | Indeterminate (rcaps) |
| Ling. Notes: | Okasha/1993, 311: `The text now reads [--]BELIE[--]ASDI[--]N[D]A and is too fragmentary to be interpreted'. |
| Palaeography: | Okasha/1993, 310--311: `the script used is a predominantly capital one...In 1916 C. G. Henderson examined the stone and saw traces of a fourth line of text, but I could see no sign of this. The letters are neater than is common in south-western inscriptions but the forms of the letters are consistent with those of other inscriptions; there are, in particular, two instances of horzontal I'. |
| Legibility: | some Okasha/1993, 310: `The text is legible but incomplete'. |
| Lines: | 3 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |