King Doniert's Stone

King Donierts Stone stands together with another stone near the Trethevy Quoit and the stone circle The Hurlers, north of St. Cleer, on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall in England. It is the granite base of a cross from the 9th century, it was probably made ​​of wood and put in the slot, which is available on the stone.

The " stone of King cloned " is on cornish: Men Myghtern cloned. He recalls the last Cornish king Durngarth (English Duncan ), a descendant of the king " Gerren " ( Geraint ) from Dumnonia ( Cornish: Dyfneint ) to have been, the beginning of the 8th century his court in Liskeard ( Cornish: Lis - Cerruyt ) is said to have held. The stone and the record of his death in the " Annales Cambriae " are the only evidence of Durngarths existence.

The Latin inscription reads: " cloned Progavit Pro Anima" translated as " cloned commanded ( this cross) for ( the benefit of ) his soul " She asks for prayers for the King, who drowned 876 AD during a hunt in years.

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