| Corpus Refs: | Huebner/1876:2 Macalister/1945:468 Okasha/1993:31 |
| Site: | MADR1 |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1700 Lhuyd, E. |
| History: | Okasha/1993, 174, notes that the stone has remained at the same location since its first mention by Edward Lhwyd in 1700. Eighteenth-century references indicate the stone was lying down at that time -- it was re-erected in 1825. In 1849 the stone was again thrown down due to the landowner looking for treasure. The stone was re-erected around 1862, and it was definitely upright again by 1871. |
| Geology: | Macalister/1945, 445: `granite'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.91 x 0.55 x 0.39 (Okasha/1993) |
| Setting: | in ground |
| Location: | on site Okasha/1993, 174: `The stone is now in a field on a moor about 3km from Morvah. The field is on the left-hand side of a track that leads off to the right from the unclassified Madron to Morvah road'. |
| Form: | plain Okasha/1993, 175: `uncarved pillar stone'. |
| Condition: | complete , good Okasha/1993, 175: `probably complete'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: equal-armed; linear; straight; plain; square; none; none; none; n/a |
| Decorations: | The inscribed cross is not recorded by either Macalister/1945, 445--446, or Okasha/1993, 174--177. Thomas/1994, 286, is the only reference and he believes that it is secondary to the inscription. |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | RI{A}LOBRA{N}{I} | CU{N}OV{A}L{I}FIL{I} Expansion: RIALOBRANI CVNOVALI FILI Macalister/1945 445--446 reading only |
| Okasha, E. (1985): | RIALOBRA{N}{I} |
[--]CV{N}OVAL{I}[-- Expansion: RIALOBRANI CVNOVALI [FILI] Okasha/1993 176 reading only |
| Thomas, C. (1994): | RIALOBRA{N}{I} | CV{N}OVAL{I}FIL{I} Expansion: RIALOBRANI CVNOVALI FILI Thomas/1994 283 (Fig 17.5) & 286 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | N ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 533 - 566 (Thomas/1994) 500 - 799 (Okasha/1993) |
| Language: | Latin (rcaps) |
| Ling. Notes: | Okasha/1993, 176, `The names... are Celtic'. Thomas/1994, 286, `These are `heroic' British names'. See names table for more details. |
| Palaeography: | Okasha/1993, 176: `The letters [vary from] 6 to 13 cm. in height'. Thomas/1994, 286: `These are large bold capitals, the N's as H, and two of the three A's may be open (inverted V), though this is a matter of opinion'. |
| Legibility: | good Okasha/1993, 176: `The text is legible and probably complete'. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |