Cross

The National Monuments Service's description

Listed as Monaincha 3 by Okasha & Forsyth (Okasha & Forsyth 2001, 204). According to Okasha & Forsyth this slab was`first recorded by Petrie who made a drawing of it ... Petrie's drawing is initialled but not dated, but it must pre-date his death in 1866. ... Monaincha 3 [this stone] was lost before 1878' (Okasha & Forsyth 2001, 204). This slab is now lost but originally measured 0.78m x 0.48m x 0.0 (Okasha & Forsyth 2001, 204). The`[published drawing] shows what appears to be a semi-circular tenon projecting from one of the narrow sides of the stone: the stone is thus most readily explained as a component of a larger structure, for example the tenoned arm of a free-standing cross' (Okasha & Forsyth 2001, 204). According to Petrie `The design upon this stone appears however to belong to a later period than the twelfth century' (Petrie 1878, 37). Macalister descriubed the slab as a`Stone apparently bearing a heart-shaped figure laid upon a saltire. Inscribed below the heart' (Macalister 1949, 102). The inscription reads O~R~ARDO[.][--] which can be expanded to read OROIT AR DO[MNALL] or perhaps OROIT AR DO[NNAN] (Okasha & Forsyth 2001, 205). Petrie translated this as 'Pray for Dom[..]' (Petrie 1878, 37)

References
Macalister 1949, 102 concise discussion
Okasha & Forsyth 2001, 204-205 drawing concise discussion
Petrie 1878 37, Plate XXIV, Fig. 51 drawing concise discussion

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien.

Date of upload: 22 September 2008