| Corpus Refs: | Huebner/1876:30 Okasha/1993:5 Thomas/1994:1210 |
| Site: | BOWDN |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1774 Trist, B. |
| History: | Okasha/1993, 76: `The stone was first recorded in a letter of 1774 from Mr Browse Trist of Bowden to Mr Swinton, paraphrased by Gough in 1806.' The letter recorded that the stone had been recovered from a watery ditch near a new turnpike road. The stone is now lost. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.8 x 0.6 x 0.0 (converted from Gough/1806) |
| Setting: | Lost (present 1774, missing 1774) |
| Location: | Gough/1806, 50--51, cites a letter of 1774 as the last time the stone was seen.
Okasha/1993, 76: `The stone is now lost'. |
| Form: | boulder The only information about the form is a rough drawing from Gough/1806, 51, which appears to show a triangular block or boulder. Okasha/1993, 76, describes the form as `an uncarved pillar stone'. |
| Condition: | n/a , n/a |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | Drawing only shows the one, inscribed, face. |
| Okasha, E. (1993): | V{A}LCI | FIL{I}V{***} | AIVS Expansion: VALCI FILI V[--]AIVS Translation: [The stone] of Valcus (PN), son of V[--]aius (PN). Okasha/1993 76--77 reading only |
| Thomas, C. (1994): | V{A}LCI | FIL{I} [….] | AN~V~S Expansion: VALCI FILI VETTANUS Expansion: VALCI FILI VEDDANUS Translation: Of Valci(PN), of the son Veddanus(PN). Thomas/1994 281--282 reading only |
| Orientation: | Incomplete Information |
| Position: | n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated Okasha/1993, 76: `Originally the text probably read downwards facing left'. |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 400 - 1099 (Okasha/1993) 400 - 699 (Thomas/1994) |
| Language: | Latin (rcaps) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Okasha/1993, 76: `The text used a predominantly capital script'. |
| Legibility: | n/a Okasha/1993, 76: `The text appears to have been legible'. |
| Lines: | 3 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |