A depiction of King Doniert's Stone (Cornish: <i>Menkov Donyerth Ruw</i>), a damaged stone carved in half uncial script reading <i>doniert rogavit pro anima</i> (Latin for "Donyarth asked [presumably for this stone or the nearby crosses or church to be made] for his soul's sake"), believed to reference to Donyarth the last king of the Cornish, from the figures decorating the margins of Moll's map of "Cornwal" (Cornwall), the third in his <i>Set of Fifty New and Correct Maps of England and Wales...</i> This is the first of two depictions of the same stone, apparently misunderstood by Moll to be different engravings at different locations from his presentation of them, based on the differences in his source materials.
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The stone presently has a plaque nearby reading <i>King Doniert's Stone Men Myghtern Doniert These two granite cross bases are decorated in late 9th century style and probably date from that time. The shorter stone carries a Latin inscription "Doniert Progavit Pro Anima" saying "Doniert ordered (this cross) for (the good of) his soul". Doniert was probably Durngarth, King of Cornwall who was drowned in AD 875. The two stones have rectangular sockets on their tops and probably carried wooden crosses. The site was enclosed and laid out at the cost of the Liskeard Old Cornwall Society. This property is managed by The Cornwall Heritage Trust and is in the guardianship of the Secretary of State...</i>
<br><br><b>Notes:</b> London: Sold by H. Moll over-against Devereux-Court in the Strand; Tho. Bowles, Print and Map-Seller near the Chapter-House in St. Paul's Church-Yard, and J. Bowles Print and Map-Seller over-against Stocks-Market. 1724.
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<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Herman_Moll" class="extiw" title="w:en:Herman Moll"><span title="18th-century English cartographer">Herman Moll</span></a>
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1724<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1724-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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