| Corpus Refs: | Huebner/1876:28 Macalister/1949:1060 Okasha/1993:57 |
| Site: | STWFD |
| Discovery: | recognised, 1838 Johnes |
| History: | Okasha/1993, 268, `The stone was first recorded in 1838 by Kempe who said `much praise is due to the Rev. Mr Johnes, who caused this curious relic to be taken up from the road side and preserved in the church-yard'...In May 1870 W.C. Borlase described the stone in the churchyard, `standing on the top of the hedge, to the right of the entrance gate'. In spite of the word `hedge' Borlase's description and the accompanying illustration suggest that the stone was probably then in its present position'. |
| Geology: | Macalister/1949, 187: `sandstone'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.6 x 0.39 x 0.43 (Okasha/1993) |
| Setting: | in ground |
| Location: | on site Okasha/1993, 268: `The stone is now in Stowford churchyard, on a grass bank to the right of the gate'. |
| Form: | plain Okasha/1993, 268: `The stone is an uncarved pillar-stone'. |
| Condition: | complete , good Okasha/1993, 268: `probably complete'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1949): | GURGLES Expansion: GURGLES Macalister/1949 187 reading only |
| Okasha, E. (1984): | [G]U[.G]LE[S] Expansion: GU[.]GLES Translation: Gu[.]gles (PN). Okasha/1993 269--70 concise discussion |
| Thomas, C. (1994): | GUNGLEI Expansion: GUNGLEI Radford/1969 81 reading only Thomas/1994 290 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical down |
| Position: | inc ; narrow ; n/a ; undecorated |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | 700 - 999 (Okasha/1993) 700 - 700 (Thomas/1994) |
| Language: | name only (rbook) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Okasha/1993, 268: `a predominantly insular script with some odd letter forms'. Macalister/1949, 187: `the letters are half-uncials eccentrically formed'. |
| Legibility: | good Okasha/1993, 268: `The text is probably complete but slightly deteriorated'. Macalister/1949, 187: `The lower part of the first G is spalled, but still traceable: the lower part of the R is lost...the reading is certain'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |