Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1897:19 Macalister/1945:162 |
Site: | BLTAG |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1804 Vallancey |
History: | Cuppage/etal/1986, 264, states that this stone came from a field on this S side'. Macalister/1945, 151, credits Vallancey in his Collectanea of 1804 as the first record of the Ballintaggart stones.
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Geology: | Macalister/1945, 151: `sandstone'. |
Dimensions: | 1.19 x 0.41 x 0.23 (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 Macalister/1945, 265: `a pulvinar of rather irregular shape'. Cuppage/etal/1986, 265: `This boulder...is less regular and smooth than the others but is of the same rounded oval form'. |
Condition: | complete , some |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | none |
Decorations: | no other decoration |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | CUNAMAQQIA ||| VICOR ||| BBI Expansion: CUNAMAQQI AVI CORBBI Macalister/1897 39 reading only Macalister/1945 156 reading only |
O'Kelly, M.J. (1986): | CULIMAQQIAVICORBI Expansion: CULI MAQQI AVI CORBI Cuppage/etal/1986 265 reading only |
McManus, D. (1991): | CU[B^M][I]MAQQIAVICORBBI Expansion: CU[BI]MAQQI AVI CORBBI Expansion: CU[MI]MAQQI AVI CORBBI McManus/1991 67 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical up along |
Position: | n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated |
Incision: | pocked Macalister/1945, 155: `pocked and rubbed'. |
Date: | 366 - 466 (McManus/1991) McManus/1991, 93--94. |
Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
Ling. Notes: | For duscussion of the formula word AVI see McManus/1991, 118. |
Palaeography: | none |
Legibility: | poor Macalister/1945, 156: `much worn; the last five letters, while not in serious doubt, can scarcely be discerned'. Cuppage/etal/1986, 265: `The ogham inscription is not clear and has been variously interpreted'. |
Lines: | 1 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |