| Corpus Refs: | Cuppage/etal/1986:809 Macalister/1897:27 Macalister/1945:146 |
| Site: | BLNIG |
| Discovery: | non-arch dig, 1848 McDonnell, P. |
| History: | Cuppage/etal/1986, 256: `Hitchcock (1848, 272), discovered this ogham stone serving as the lintel over a cabin door in Ballineanig townland. Originally it had been found in a peatbog lying 6 or 7 feet (1.8 to 2.1m) below the surface and 4 feet (1.2m) above the base of the peat section. Hitchcock was informed by the finder that this peatbog was in the adjoining towland of Reask...The stone is now preserved in the NMI'. |
| Geology: | |
| Dimensions: | 0.86 x 0.23 x 0.08 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
| Setting: | unattch |
| Location: | National Musem of Ireland Cuppage/etal/1986, 256: `The stone is now preserved in the NMI'. |
| Form: | plain |
| Condition: | incomplete , poor Macalister/1945, 142: `The top of the stone is broken carrying away the topmost letters on each angle'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: equal-armed; linear; straight; plain; plain; none; none; none; n/a |
| Decorations: | Macalister/1945, 142: `A small plain cross is cut on the opposite face [to the inscription].' |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1897): | LUGUQRITMA[QI] | QRITT[I] Expansion: LUGUQRIT MA[QI] QRITT[I] Macalister/1897 50--51 reading only Macalister/1945 142 reading only McManus/1991 65 reading only Ziegler/1994 263 reading only |
| Cuppage, J. (1986): | LUGOQRITMA[QI] ||| QRITT[I] Expansion: LUGOQRIT MA[QI] QRITT[I] Cuppage/etal/1986 256 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical up up |
| Position: | n/a ; arris ; beside cross ; undivided |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | none |
| Legibility: | good Macalister/1897, 50: `The inscription is clear'. Macalister/1945, 142: `The top of the stone is broken, carrying away the topmost letters on each angle...of the QI only Q1 remains, of the I on the second angle only I1'. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |