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JOURNAL OF THE PLYMOUTH INSTITUTION. 
STOWFORD STONE. 
This stone stands close on the wall as one enters the gate of the 
churchyard at Stowford. It is boat-shaped, if we may assume the 
portion beneath the surface of the ground to resemble that above 
it. The surface on which the inscription is cut is flat, being widest 
towards the lower part, and gradually narrowing to the apex. The 
sides of the stone slope towards each other, so as to approximate 
the form of a boat's keel. It is five feet four inches above the 
ground, and one foot two inches in the broadest part. 
The inscription consists of eight or nine letters, placed vertically 
one over the other, while each letter appears to lie horizontally 
in relation to the others. It was first observed by Polwhele, but 
has never been satisfactorily determined. 
Hiibner {I.e. p. 11) gives a very poor figure, and writes, " cippus 
rudis, litteris fugientibus." He gives the legend as Gurgles (?). 
" Tertium vero et ultimum elementum incerta r et s indicare." Eut 
a recent careful inspection induces me to believe it to read Guniglei 
