Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1897:12 Macalister/1945:155 |
Site: | BLTAG |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1804 Vallancey |
History: | Cuppage/etal/1986, 265, states that this stone may have come from `the cairn or the nearby `tombs'.' Macalister/1945, 151, credits Vallancey in his Collectanea of 1804 as the first record of the Ballintaggart stones. |
Geology: | Macalister/1945, 151: `sandstone'. |
Dimensions: | 0.97 x 0.36 x 0.15 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
Setting: | in ground |
Location: | on site Cuppage/etal/1986, 264: `now arranged [with the other BLTAG stones] in a circle within the enclosure [on site]'. |
Form: | Indeterminate Cuppage/etal/1986, 265: `oval water-rolled boulder'. |
Condition: | incomplete , some |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1897): | AKEVRITTI Expansion: AKEVRITTI Cuppage/etal/1986 265 reading only Gippert/Web Ogham 155 substantial discussion [Gippert 155] Macalister/1897 32 reading only Macalister/1945 151 concise discussion McManus/1991 65 reading only Ziegler/1994 264 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical up along |
Position: | n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undivided Macalister/1945, 151: `letters on dexter side and top'. |
Incision: | pocked Macalister/1945, 151: `pocked'. |
Date: | None published |
Language: | name only (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | See McManus/1991, 79, 108. |
Palaeography: | none |
Legibility: | good Macalister/1897, 32: `Of this inscription no doubt can possibly be held'. Macalister/1945, 151--52: `in a better condition than the majority of the series...the reading cannot be doubted: for once all the copyists are in complete agreement with each other and with the stone itself'. Cuppage/etal/1986, 265: `The inscription...clearly reads'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |