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St Ismaels 3, Incised and Inscribed Stone, Scolton Manor, Spittal

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NPRN423614
Map ReferenceSM92SE
Grid ReferenceSM9898022040
Unitary (Local) AuthorityPembrokeshire
Old CountyPembrokeshire
CommunitySpittal
Type Of SiteINSCRIBED STONE
PeriodEarly Medieval
Description
St Ismaels 3 is an incomplete, cross-carved, sandstone boulder, which tapers towards the bottom. It would have originally functioned as a grave-marker. It is currently located at Scolton Manor Museum (NPRN 30223), but was first noted in 1920 at St Ishamel's Church, St Ishmael's (NPRN 414087). The stone belongs to a group of monuments (boulders with scared monogram inscriptions around a cross) mainly associated with St Davids and its environs (see e.g. St Edrins 2: NPRN 423596).

The bottom part of the stone is missing, and the rest consists of two conjoining pieces. Dimenions are given as 52cm height x 20 < 30.5cm width x 9cm diameter. It is carved on one of its broad faces with a linear, equal-arm ring-cross. In each quadrant is a slightly sunken triangular shape. Below the cross are two poorly-formed incised letters. They have been translated as `Alpha, Omega?. The carving is thought to be 9th- to 10th-century in date.

Sources include:
Edwards, N. 2007, Corpus of Early Medieval Inscribed Stones and Stone Sculpture in Wales

N Vousden, 8 November 2018