More information : (SX 43298701) Inscribed stone (NR) (1)
An inscribed stone stands at the entrance to the churchyard at
Stowford. It stands five feet six inches out of the ground and
the stone is fine-grained, not a granite. The inscription,
which was rubbed on not cut, reads GUNGLEI (2) and is in
lettering of about 600 AD or a little later (3). (2-3)
SX 43288700 as described; the inscription is still clearly
visible. (4)
This is a pilar stone of 5th-11th century date. The text reads:
`[G]U[.G]LE[S]
where the bracketed letters are legible but unusual in form.Various readings of the text have been suggested, and it is presumably a personal name. The text uses insular script suggesting a date of the 8th-11th centuries. (5) |