| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1897:14 Macalister/1945:157 |
| Site: | BLTAG |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1804 Vallancey |
| History: | Cuppage/etal/1986, 264, states that this stone was found `in a field fence to S of calluragh'. Macalister/1945, 151, credits Vallancey in his Collectanea of 1804 as the first record of the Ballintaggart stones. |
| Geology: | Macalister/1945, 151: `sandstone'. |
| Dimensions: | 0.94 x 0.34 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: | boulder Cuppage/etal/1986, 265: `oval water-rolled boulder'. |
| Condition: | inc , inc |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1897): | DOVETIMAQQI ||| CATTI ||| NI Expansion: DOVETI MAQQI CATTINI Cuppage/etal/1986 265 reading only Macalister/1897 34 reading only Macalister/1945 153 reading only McManus/1991 65 reading only Ziegler/1994 265 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical up along down |
| Position: | n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated Macalister/1945, 153: `on left side and top, and ending at top of right side'. |
| Incision: | pocked Macalister/1945, 153: `pocked'. |
| Date: | 366 - 466 (McManus/1991) McManus/1991, 93--94. |
| Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | See McManus/1991, 108. |
| Palaeography: | none |
| Legibility: | some Macalister/1945, 153: `fair condition'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |