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    The Veracius Stone, Capel Anelog (Now Displayed in Aberdaron Parish Church)

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    NPRN275722
    Map ReferenceSH12NE
    Grid ReferenceSH1560027430
    Unitary (Local) AuthorityGwynedd
    Old CountyCaernarfonshire
    CommunityAberdaron
    Type Of SiteINSCRIBED STONE
    PeriodEarly Medieval
    Description
    One of two waterworn boulders with Latin inscription of late fifth-century character. The stone was moved to Cefn Amlwch in the late nineteenth-century and subsequently moved to St Hywyn's Church Aberdaron c.1990.
    SLE 2007

    The inscription reads VERACIVS/PBR/HIC/IACIT. V and E are conjoined in the first line.
    (Source: inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Caernarvonshire, vol. III (RCAHMW: 1964)
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    application/pdfCEMS - Corpus of Early Medieval Inscribed Stones Publication CollectionLine drawing showing the lettering on the Veracius Stone.