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Asrith's Cross

Archaeology

A slab which has a Runic inscription along one edge. It was found before 1906 in north transept of Peel Cathedral. It measures 27 inch x 12.5 inch x 3.5 inch and is kept in the Manx Museum. The fragment, built into the walls of the nave of Peel Cathedral, bears the runic text "US THENSI EFTIR ASRITHI KUNU SINA DUTUR UT RAIST", read by one 19th-century antiquarian as commemorating a cross raised to a wife named Asrith, daughter of a man named Oter - though the opening word for 'wife' is imperfectly preserved and may instead read 'mother'. It has been noted that the name Oter also occurs on another Manx cross at Braddan, though it is not certain the two references are to the same person.

Peel Castle

Connections

Location

  • Manx Museum, Douglas

Book Chapters

  • Parish: German
  • Sheading: Glenfaba
  • Grid Ref: SC2421084570

Sources

  • Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record
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