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inverted, and the part which bears the cross is the part which was 

 originally buried. 



Trallong. — On the broadest part of the stone there is a cross in a 

 circle, and the Oghams begin about 1"6 from this end, and extend 

 nearly to the other. The shaft of the cross runs between the two 

 lines of the Latin legend. 



Llanwinio. — About 1*6 is without inscription, and on this is faintly 

 traced a cross in a circle. Part of it is broken off at the other end, 

 and consequently some scores of the Ogham legend lost. 



Clydai. — A cross in a circle. The attempt to form a shaft for it 

 with a base has interfered both with the Ogham scores and the Latin 

 letters. 



Bridell. — The stone now stands in its original position. On the 

 lower part a quatrefoil cross is inscribed in a circle, as if the stone 

 had once been, or was intended to be, inverted ; for assuredly a cross 

 would not have been cut on what was meant to remain the base of 

 the monument. 



Silian. — The shaft of the cross cuts through the letters of the 

 legend. 



These instances are sufficient to warrant the belief that the cross 

 is likewise an addition in others, where the evidence is not so clear. 



On Caldey isle, the monument bears an inscription apparently of 

 about the seventh century : — 



ec pn^no cpuci-p m itt&m ^mg-p" pogo omnibu^ 

 Attimut&ncibtif ibi exopenc ppo &nim& c&cuocom. 



Translated into grammatical Latin, this should probably be, " Et 

 signa crucis in ilia finxi. Rogo omnes ambulantes, &c." The et sug- 

 gests that the monument originally consisted of two stones, one at 

 either end of the grave, as at Llannor, Caernarvon, and that the in- 

 scription was begun on that which is lost, and continued on this. At 

 any rate, it is clear that the crosses on the faces and sides of this stone 

 were the work of the writer of this inscription. INbw the foot of the 

 cross on the left side has cut through the first score of -U-, and the 

 head has cut through two scores of -^-, and the cutting of the cross 

 has weakened the edge so as to occasion a large spawl to break off, 

 carrying with it the scores of the vowel between -jy- and -*"-. 



Further, the large cross on the front seems to have partly effaced 

 another inscription. Below the transom, to the right, there are two 

 scores, with room for the vowel o between and after. The breadth of 

 the cross would allow of b, "o, or 5 ; then, above the transom, there 

 is half of the diphthong 01. Supplying b, we get bobotoi, the name 

 of a woman in the genitive. Then, where the corner of the stone is 

 broken off, there is a single score, either b or half m. There was, 

 therefore, an inscription of two lines on the face, a name and filiation, 



