| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1897:11 Macalister/1945:153 |
| 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 Chute Hall, near Tralee, where it remains. |
| Geology: | Macalister/1945, 149: `Grit' |
| Dimensions: | 1.02 x 0.3 x 0.18 (converted from Macalister/1945) |
| Setting: | unattch |
| Location: | other Macalister/1945, 145--147: `this stone was found in an ancient burial-ground, callled Kilvickillane, on the shore of Smerwick Bay...It was taken to his residence, Chute Hall, near Tralee'. |
| Form: | plain |
| Condition: | complete , some Macalister/1945, 149, refers to some letters being chipped off the stone. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1897): | CCICAMINIMAQQICATTINI Expansion: CCICAMINI MAQQI CATTINI Macalister/1897 30--31 reading only Macalister/1945 149 reading only Ziegler/1994 264 reading only |
| Cuppage, J. (1986): | CCICAMINIMAQQ[I]C[A]TTINI Expansion: CCICAMINI MAQQ[I] C[A]TTINI Cuppage/etal/1986 149 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, 149: `Of 4I, all but I1 is chipped off, as are also the proximal ends of the C of Cattini and the following A. The doubled initial C does not appear to be anything more than an engraver's freak: it would be a mistake to separate CCI from the rest of the names and to equate it to the always enclitic KOI'. |
| Lines: | 2 |
| Carving errors: | n |
| Doubtful: | no |