| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1897:8 Macalister/1945:150 |
| Site: | BALIG |
| Discovery: | recognised, 1782 Pelham, H. |
| History: | According to Macalister/1945, 144, this stone was found `in an ancient burial-ground, callled Kilvickillane, on the shore of Smerwick Bay'. It was subsequently transferred in 1848 to Burnham, the seat of Lord Ventry, where it remains. |
| Geology: | Macalister/1945, 146: `slate'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.22 x 0.23 x 0.28 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
| Setting: | unattch |
| Location: | other According to Macalister/1945, 144--146, this stone was found in an ancient burial-ground, callled Kilvickillane, on the shore of Smerwick Bay. It was subsequently transferred in 1848 to Burnham, the seat of Lord Ventry, where it remains. |
| Form: | plain Macalister/1945, 146: `...a broad angled rhombus in horizontal section'. |
| Condition: | complete , good Macalister/1945, 146, refers to one of the angles of the stone being chipped away. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1897): | --]GRAVICASMAQIMUCOI[--]S Expansion: GRAVICAS MAQI MUCOI [--]S Macalister/1897 28--29 reading only |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | GRAVICASMAQI | MUCOI[DO]VVINAS Expansion: GRAVICAS MAQI MUCOI [DO]VVINAS Macalister/1945 146--147 reading only Ziegler/1994 264 reading only |
| Cuppage, J. (1986): | [--]NAVICASMAQIMUCO[I][--]S Expansion: [--]NAVICAS MAQI MUCO[I][--]S Cuppage/etal/1986 251 reading only |
| McManus, D. (1991): | [GR]AVICASMAQIMUCO[--
Expansion: [G][R]AVICAS MAQI MUCO[-- McManus/1991 66 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical up down |
| Position: | n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated |
| Incision: | inc |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | none |
| Legibility: | some Macalister/1945, 146--147: `Inscription on two angles (up-down). The first is intact, the second had been intentionally chipped away, as usual to remove the mucoi-name. But the restoration is certain...The first line is clear, except for the loss by spalling of the H-half of the R and of the second M. On the second angle, DO is broken away, VV is clear, and is followed by I234 (vague but traceable). The distal ends of the N scores, though only just traceable, cannot be mistaken: the following I234, the A, and the distal ends of the S can also be detected'. Cuppage/etal/1986, 251: `The reading of the full inscription is uncertain...The scores preceded by the N are extremely faint...The final word, occupying the diametrically opposed angle of the stone, is represented by only a single letter. Macalister supplied the name DOVVINIAS but no earlier accounts allude to this and it may have been a conjectural restoration'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | n |
| Doubtful: | no |