More information : [SW 8509 4386] Stone Cross [T.I.]. (1)
In St. Clement's churchyard is a memorial pillar, the top of
which has been carved to form a wheel-headed cross. The pillar,
in a modern base, is said to have had an Ogham incription but
this cannot be traced. On the front is an inscription IGNIOC
VITALI FILI TORRICI. It was found acting as a gatepost to a field
on the Sanctuaries, W. of the church. (2-4)
The pillar at SW 8506 4386 is as described. It is approx. 3.4 m.
high. A plaque nearby says that it was moved from the vicarage
garden in 1938. See G.P. AO/65/50/6. (5)
"The inscription VITAL - FILI TORRICI is complete in itself and
was the original appropriation of the stone. The word IGNIOC in
smaller and palaeographically later letters, as well as the
crosses cut in the head of the stone, belong to a secondary
appropriation, during which the VITALI inscription must have been
buried. The original inscription was repeated in Ogham, VITALI
MAQI on the left hand angle, TORICI (not TORRICI) on the right".
The Ogham had been partly broken away but could be reconstructed
from the fractures.(5) Illustration (6).
Dated from the style of lettering to 5th-7th centuries. (6-8)
Grade 2. (9)
SW 84 SE ST CLEMENT ST CLEMENT
7/124 The Ignioc Stone 2 metres south of
St Clement Church
30-5-67
GV II*
Granite monolith with Greek cross carved in panel to bulbous
head. Roman period possibly C3 and inscribed 'Ignioc Vitali Fili Torrici' but ends of words difficult to decipher. Further
inscriptions to Ogham script to sides. Was used as Vicarage
gatepost but resited 1922. Similar stone at Yealmpton, Devon to
Torricus. Information from church guide. Yealmpton scheduled as an
Ancient Monument. (10)
Scheduled. (11)
This was probably originally a pillar stone, and was recut into the cross form in the 9th-11th centries. The style of the inscription dates the inscription to the 6th-8th centuries. (12)
Listed. (13) |