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Bodfeddan Inscribed Stone - Cunogus' Stone

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NPRN95540
Map ReferenceSH37SE
Grid ReferenceSH3560374597
Unitary (Local) AuthorityIsle of Anglesey
Old CountyAnglesey
CommunityLlanfaelog
Type Of SiteINSCRIBED STONE
PeriodEarly Medieval
Description
NAR SH37SE3

An early medieval memorial stone, probably fifth or sixth century AD.
This is a rough pillar stone, 2.0m high and roughly square sectioned, 0.8m-0.9m across. On the stone's north face is the following vertically inscribed two line inscription:
CVNOGVS_
HIC IACIT
or 'the Stone of Cunogus(s)us
He lies here'.

Sources: RCAHM Anglesey Inventory (1937), 65
Nash Williams 'Early Christian Monuments in Wales' (1950), 55 No. 9
Celtic Inscribed Stones Project on-line database LFAEL/2

John Wiles 10.08.07
Resources
DownloadTypeSourceDescription
application/pdfCEMS - Corpus of Early Medieval Inscribed Stones Publication CollectionLine drawing showing inscription on the Conugus stone at Bodfeddan Farm, Llanfaelog.