| Corpus Refs: | Huebner/1876:22 Macalister/1949:1054 Okasha/1993:43 |
| Site: | REDGT |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1600 Camden, W. |
| History: | Okasha/1993, 213: `The stone has always stood in the same field as it stands today. It was recorded there three times in the early seventeenth century'. |
| Geology: | Macalister/1949, 184: `granite'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.4 x 0.85 x 0.54 (Okasha/1993) |
| Setting: | in ground |
| Location: | earliest Okasha/1993, 213: `The stone now stands, alongside a carved, uninscribed stone, in a grass enclosure in a field; this field is on the left-hand side of the unclassified road from St Cleer to Redgate, about 1.5 km. from St Cleer'. |
| Form: | Cramp shaft A Okasha/1993, 215: `The stone appears to have formed the lower part of a carved cross-shaft but is now incomplete...It has no base; Langdon in fact described it as a `cross-base'...Lysons and Lysons recorded the height as six feet (c. 180) which suggests that 40 cm. of the shaft are now beneath the ground'. |
| Condition: | frgmntry , poor Okasha/1993, 215: `incomplete'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | beading; geometric ribbon interlace Langdon/1896, 377--378: `It is panelled on all four sides, and has a wide flat bead on the angles. The front, which faces east, is inscribed, and the other three sides are ornamented with bold and deeply cut plaitwork, or knots, as follows: Front. -- An inscription in Saxon minuscules... Left side. -- A four cord plait. Back. -- This originally had four knots in the panel, each consisting of two oval rings placed crosswise and interlaced; but only the two lower ones are now perfect. Right side. -- A six-cord plait; or the pattern may be intended for two oval rings placed crosswise, combined with one of a lozenge shape'. Macalister/1949, 184: `The other [uninscribed] faces have simple interlacing patterns: the carving throughout is bold and ornamental in style'. |
| Langdon, A. (1896): | DONI | ERTRO | GAVIT | PROAN | IMA Expansion: DONIERT ROGAVIT PRO ANIMA Translation: Doniert (PN) has begged that prayers be offered for the repose of [his] soul. Langdon/1896 378 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | DONI | ERTRO | GAVIT | PROAN | IMA Expansion: DONIERT ROGAUIT PRO ANIMA Macalister/1949 184 reading only Thomas/1994 299 reading only |
| Okasha, E. (1985): | DONI | ERT:RO | GAVIT | PROA[.] | IMA Expansion: DONIERT : ROGAVIT PRO A[N]IMA Translation: Doniert (PN) requested [this cross _or_ prayers] for [his] soul. Okasha/1993 215 reading only |
| Orientation: | horizontal |
| Position: | E ; broad ; n/a ; panel |
| Incision: | pock Macalister/1949, 184: `pocked and rubbed'. |
| Date: | 800 - 1099 (Okasha/1993) 866 - 899 (Thomas/1994) Thomas/1994, 299: `late ninth'. |
| Language: | Latin (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Okasha/1993, 215: `The text is set in five lines reading horizontally. It uses a predominantly insular script and the letters vary between 5 and 14 cm. in height'. |
| Legibility: | good Macalister/1949, 184: `The inscription is in good preservation'. Okasha/1993, 215: `The text is complete, legible and primary'. |
| Lines: | 5 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |