YGYNL/1

Corpus Refs:Huebner/1876:55
Macalister/1945:346
Nash-Williams/1950:75
Site:YGYNL
Discovery:first mentioned, 1855 Westwood, J.O.
History:CISP: The stones appear not to have been moved since their first mention by Westwood in 1855 and Nash-Williams in 1950, but Macalister/1945, 332 states: `now built into the wall of a lean-to coal-cellar against the S.E. corner of the modern parish church'.
Geology:Macalister/1945, 332, sandstone or ironstone, Macalister does not make clear which stone is which!
Dimensions:1.24 x 0.2 x 0.01 (converted from Macalister/1945)
Setting:in struct
Location:earliest
Westwood/1876, 63: `forms one of the steps of a staircase on the south side of the church of Ystradgynlais'.

Macalister/1945, 332: `now built into the wall of a lean-to coal-cellar against the S.E. corner of the modern parish church'.

Nash-Williams/1950, 82: `Built into external S. wall of church at E. end (with No. 76 [YGYNL/2])'.

Form:plain
Westwood/1876, 63: `It measures 4 feet long and 8 inches wide'.

Macalister/1945, 332, calls it a fragment. Macalister notes Westwood's discussion of whether the two stones (this one and YGYNL/2) were part of the same monument and notes that had Westwood seen the stones the question would not have arisen as they are different types of stone.

Nash-Williams/1950, 82: `Upper portion of a quadrangular pillar-stone'.

Condition:frgmntry , good
Westwood/1876, 63: `There appears to be a crack across the stone between the first and second letters'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

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Inscriptions


YGYNL/1/1     Pictures

Readings

Westwood, J.O. (1855):ADIVNE
Expansion:
ADIVNE
Translation:
Adivne (PN).
Westwood/1876 63 concise discussion
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945):ADIVNE
Expansion:
ADIVNE
Macalister/1945 332 reading only
Nash-Williams, V.E. (1950):ADIVNE
Expansion:
ADIVNE
Translation:
(The stone) of Adiuna(?) (PN)
Expansion:
ADIVNE
Translation:
Adiune (PN) (lies here).
Nash-Williams/1950 82 concise discussion

Notes

Orientation:Indeterminate
Position:n/a ; ind ; n/a ; undecorated
Nash-Williams/1950, 82: `Latin inscription (? incomplete) in one line reading vertically downwards'.
Incision:inc
Macalister/1945, 332: `inscribed'.
Nash-Williams/1950, 82: `lightly picked'.
Date:500 - 699 (Westwood/1876)
Westwood/1876, 63: `I suppose this inscription to be not much more recent than the sixth or seventh century'.
400 - 533 (Nash-Williams/1950)
Nash-Williams/1950, 82: `5th-early 6th century AD'.
Language:name only (rcaps)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Westwood/1876, 63: `The letters are large and coarsely cut, measuring about 3 1/2 inches in height...The first stroke of the A and V are nearly upright, the curved stroke of the D is slightly detached at each end from the upright first stroke, as are also most of the strokes of the other letters'.

Nash-Williams/1950, 82: `Roman capitals, lightly picked in rather clumsy style'.

Legibility:some
Lines:1
Carving errors:n
Doubtful:no

Names

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