| Corpus Refs: | Okasha/1993:61 |
| Site: | TVST4 |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1834 Bray, E.A. |
| History: | Okasha/1993, 282: `The stone was recorded by Bray in a letter dated 10 March 1834, published in 1836: `...when I was a boy [it was] lying in a little plot of garden-ground over the gateway of the Abbey commonly known by the name of Betsy Grimbal's Tower'. Bray moved the stone, `several years ago', to a position in front of an arch which was `then within the grounds of the Abbey-house, and now within the precincts of the churchyard'. Bray became vicar of Tavistock in 1812 and probably moved into the vicarage in 1818. On moving there he replaced the stone near its original position but `beneath instead of on top of the gateway'. The stone was shown in this position in Kempe's figure. The stone disappeared at some time around 1831: `two or three years since'; Bray suggested a local man took it `to convert it into a pig's trough'. In 1830 Kempe said that by then the stone was already lost'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 (Unknown) |
| Setting: | Lost (present 1818, missing 1831) |
| Location: | Okasha/1993, 282, describes how the stone was lost by 1831. |
| Form: | recumbent monument |
| Condition: | n/a , n/a |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Okasha, E. (1993): | INDOLE[.--] | CONDITOR[.--] | PRESTETAM[.]N[..--] Expansion: IN DOLE[--] CONDITOR [--] PRESTETAM [--] Okasha/1993 283 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 1000 - 1100 (Okasha/1993) |
| Language: | Latin (rcaps) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Okasha/1993, 283: `predominantly capital script'. |
| Legibility: | n/a Okasha/1993, 283: `The letters were legible'. |
| Lines: | 3 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |
| Okasha, E. (1993): | --]INDISUBIACETINTVS Expansion: [--]INDI SUB IACET INTUS Translation: [--] within lies [--] under [--]. Okasha/1993 283--284 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | n/a ; narrow ; n/a ; undecorated Okasha/1993, 283: `set in one line on the left-hand thickness of the stone'. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 1000 - 1100 (Okasha/1993) |
| Language: | Latin (rcaps) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Okasha/1993, 283: `predominantly capital script'. |
| Legibility: | n/a Okasha/1993, 283: `the letters were legible'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |