| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1907:154 Macalister/1945:38 |
| Site: | BALBO |
| Discovery: | recognised, 1841 inc |
| History: | Macalister/1945, 42--43: `Brash erroneously ascribes the discovery of the stone to Hitchcock: but it was well-known as early as 1841, when it was standing erect. Some time after that date, however, it fell, inscription side downward, as a result of the operations of treasure-seekers. Hitchcock visited the monument in 1849, when he was obliged to employ 20 men to turn it over: after which he replaced it as he found it, so that it had to be turned again to check his copy of the inscription'. |
| Geology: | Macalister/1945, 42: `Close-grained slate'. |
| Dimensions: | 2.31 x 1.75 x 0.23 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
| Setting: | in ground |
| Location: | on site |
| Form: | name-slab |
| Condition: | incomplete , some Macalister/1945, 42: `condition good but worn, top broken away'. |
| Folklore: | Macalister/1945, 44, note 1: `Hitchcock further reports in his notebook that he had heard locally that when the stone was erect an old man in the neighbouring village of Knocktopher had interpreted the transcription as meaning "Here lies Corbmac ó Cuinn" ... This credible effort is worth putting on record as an illustration of the presistence of the Ogham tradition among the country folk'. |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | DUNAIDOS MAQI MARIANI |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | CORBI{K}OIMAQILABRID[-- Expansion: CORBI KOI MAQI LABRID[-- Macalister/1945 42 reading only Ziegler/1994 256 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical up |
| Position: | n/a ; arris ; mixed ; inc Macalister/1945, 42: `Inscription pocked on the dexter edge of the face uppermost in the present position of the stone'. |
| Incision: | pocked Macalister/1945, 42: `pocked'. |
| Date: | 700 - 900 (Ziegler/1994) |
| Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | See McManus/1991, 79. |
| Palaeography: | none |
| Legibility: | good Macalister/1945, 42: `condition good but worn'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | n |
| Doubtful: | no |