| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:486 Okasha/1993:56 |
| Site: | SHILL |
| Discovery: | recognised, 1891 Wills, S.J. |
| History: | Okasha/1993, 264: `The stone was discovered on 3 September 1891 by Wills while searching for a lost cross recorded by Blight. The stone was then in a rockery...Wills added: `The present gardener told me that when the rockery was formed, about fifteen years ago...he assisted in removing the inscribed stone from Pig's Court, a short distance below the Rectory (where it was built into an old wall), to its present site'. Iago recorded that the stone was dug up, washed and re-erected in the Rectory grounds on November 4 1891...In 1945 Macalister recorded it `at the entrance to the churchyard...presumably its present position'. |
| Geology: | Macalister/1945, 465: `granite'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.68 x 0.34 x 0.33 (Okasha/1993) |
| Setting: | in ground |
| Location: | on site Okasha/1993, 264: `The stone is now in Southill churchyard, near the front gate, on the left of the path leading from the gate to the church'. |
| Form: | cross-marked Okasha/1993, 264: `uncarved pillar-stone'. |
| Condition: | incomplete , some Okasha/1993, 264: `probably incomplete'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; linear; straight; plain; square; none; none; other; n/a |
| Decorations: | Macalister/1945, 465: `It is surmounted by a chi-rho monogram on a base of two curved lines'. Thomas/1994, 293--294, discusses and illustrates the use of framing cartouches such as found on this stone. |
| Okasha, E. (1985): | + | CVMREGN{I} | F/ILIMAVC{I} Expansion: CVMREGNI FILI MAVCI Translation: (The stone) of Cumregnus (PN), son of Maucus( PN). Macalister/1945 465 reading only Okasha/1993 265--266 reading only |
| Thomas, C. (1994): | + | CVMREC/IN{I} | F/IL/I | MAVC{I} Expansion: + CVMRECINI FILI MAVCI Translation: Of Cumrecinus (PN) of the son of Maucus (PN). Thomas/1994 278 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | inc ; broad ; below cross ; separated |
| Incision: | pocked Macalister/1945, 465: `pocked and rubbed'. |
| Date: | 500 - 799 (Okasha/1993) 566 - 599 (Thomas/1994) |
| Language: | Latin (rcaps) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Okasha/1993, 264: `predominantly capital script'. Thomas/1994, 278, singles out the forms of M, N, and R [all half-uncial]. |
| Legibility: | some Okasha/1993, 264: `slightly deteriorated'. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |