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Early MedievalSite Name: Lancarffe Inscribed StoneCountry: England County: Cornwall Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Map Ref: SX08266894
Latitude: 50.488817N Longitude: 4.704399W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Information from Pastscape:
"An early Christian memorial stone, at Lancarffe which survives as a granite shaft 1.88 metres long by 0.23 metres wide, built horizontally into the wall of a summer house. The inscription is incised deeply into the stone and is clearly visible. It runs along the stone in two lines reading 'DVNO ATI HIC IACIT FILI ME CAGNI', ('here lies the body of Duno(c)atus son of Me(s)cagnus'). Mescagnus is an early Irish name, and Dunocatus early Welsh or Cornish. The use of the early Irish name, the style of the lettering, and the form of the inscription dates this stone to the fifth to eighth centiries AD. This memorial stone was discovered in a stream bed in 1912 by Mr Dunn of Lancarffe. In 1928 it was moved to Bodmin, but later returned to Lancarffe and incorporated into a new garden wall. Scheduled."
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