| Corpus Refs: | Huebner/1876:21 Macalister/1945:460 Okasha/1993:75 |
| Site: | WLTWN |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1858 Blight, J.T. |
| History: | Okasha/1993, 322: `The stone was first noted in 1858 by Blight. It was then at Welltown and had `been used as a gate-post'. In 1867 Polsue stated...`it is now enclosed with strong iron railings...in 1951 Pevsner recorded the stone still at Welltown, but in his revised edition of 1970 the stone was described in its present position'. |
| Geology: | Macalister/1945, 438: `pillar of granite'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.34 x 0.3 x 0.26 (Okasha/1993) |
| Setting: | in ground |
| Location: | Near Welltown; Current location to which the stone was moved between 1956 and 1970 (Okasha/1993, 321). Okasha/1993, 322: `The stone is now at a crossroads about 0.3km. northwest of Welltown. It is set on a grass bank at the side of the road beside the Tawna stone'. |
| Form: | plain Okasha/1993, 322: `The stone is an uncarved pillar-stone'. |
| Condition: | complete , good Okasha/1993, 322, 324: `probably complete...the face also contains several modern holes'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | frame Okasha/193, 323--324, speaks of `an incised arc of a circle' on the inscribed face of the stone above the inscription. |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | V{A}IL{A}THI | FILIVROCH{A}NI Expansion: VAILATHI FILI VROCHANI Jackson/1953 566 reading only Macalister/1945 438 reading only |
| Okasha, E. (1993): | [V{A}]IL{A}T[H]I | [F]ILIVROCH[{A}NI] Expansion: VAILATHI FILI VROCHANI Translation: [The stone] of Vailathus (PN), son of Vrochanus (PN). Okasha/1993 324 reading only |
| Thomas, C. (1994): | V{A}IL{A}THI | FILIVROCH{A}NI Expansion: VAILATHI FILI VROCHANI Translation: Of Vailathus( PN) of the son of Vrochanus (PN). Thomas/1994 265 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | inc ; broad ; n/a ; undivided Okasha.1993, 323--324: `beneath the incised arc of a circle on one face of the stone'. |
| Incision: | inc Macalister/1945, 438: `pocked and rubbed'. |
| Date: | 400 - 799 (Okasha/1993) 566 - 599 (Thomas/1994) 533 - 566 (Jackson/1953) |
| Language: | Latin (rcaps) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Macalister/1945, 438: `the penultimate letter of the first name might be an N; the upright stem is hardly tall enough for H. But the N in the following line is of a different form and N does not give us a better reading'. The letters vary from 5 to 9 cm in height (Okasha/1993, 324). Okasha/1993, 324: `The script used is predominantly capital in form'. Thomas/1994, 265: `angle-bar A's and some devolved letters'. |
| Legibility: | good Okasha/1993, 325: `The text is slightly deteriorated but is probably complete'. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |
Jackson/1953, 566, states that it `is very probable' that the name is Irish, albeit unknown, later giving Faelad.
Jackson/1953, 566, states that the name is unknown, unless coming from Irish Froechan, `as is very probable'.