| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1897:20 Macalister/1945:163 |
| Site: | BLTAG |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1804 Vallancey |
| History: | Macalister/1945, 151, credits Vallancey in his Collectanea of 1804 as the first record of the Ballintaggart stones. Cuppage/etal/1986, 265, states that this stone came from `the cairn or the nearby `tombs'.' |
| Geology: | Macalister/1945, 151: `sandstone'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.04 x 0.56 x 0.18 (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 , some |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; linear; straight; expanded; plain; none; none; none; n/a |
| Decorations: | Macalister/1945, 157: `There is a cross with expanding terminals between the lines of the inscription: it is inverted with respect to the writing, and must, therefore, be a subsequent addition'. Cuppage/etal/1986, 265: `The flattened upper surface of his boulder bears a plain Latin cross and a natural fissure continues the line of its shaft down the centre of the stone'. |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1897): | NETTALAMINCAKO ||| I ||| MAQQIMUCOIDOV[-- Expansion: NETTA-LAMINCA KOI MAQQI MUCOI DOV[-- Macalister/1897 41--43 concise discussion Ziegler/1994 265 concise discussion |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | NETTALAMINACCAKO ||| IMA ||| QQIMUCOIDOVIN[IA]S Expansion: NETTA-LAMINACCA KOI MAQQI MUCOI DOVIN[IA]S Macalister/1945 156--157 reading only |
| Cuppage, J. (1986): | N[E]TTALAMINACCAKO ||| [I]MA ||| QQIMUCOIDO[-- Expansion: N[E]TTA-LAMINACCA KO[I] MAQQI MUCOI DO[VINIAS] Cuppage/etal/1986 265 reading only |
| Gippert, J. (1987): | [NT]L[A]MINACCAKOIMAQQIMUCOIDO[V][-- Expansion: [NT]L[A]MINACCA KOI MAQQI MUCOI DO[V][-- Gippert/Web Ogham 163 substantial discussion [Gippert 163] |
| McManus, D. (1991): | N[E]TTALAMINACCAKO ||| I ||| MAQQIMUCOIDO[--] Expansion: N[E]TTA-LAMINACCA KOI MAQQI MUCOI DO[--] McManus/1991 66 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical up along down |
| Position: | n/a ; arris ; beside cross ; undivided |
| Incision: | pocked Macalister/1945, 156: `pocked'. |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | See McManus/1991, 79, 109--110. |
| Palaeography: | none |
| Legibility: | some Macalister/1945, 156: `Lettering pocked on two sides (up-top-down) much worn, especially towards the end. As a result of the absence of the stemline the letters tend to overlap a little. The last name cannot be entirely deciphered, with close attention, except the vowels IA, which cannot be traced...The A following the L has been omitted by some copyists, but I have re-examined the stone with special reference to this disagreement, and find the letters very clear and certain. The following M is brought up very close to the L, the A being as it were squeezed in between, but of its existence there can be no doubt'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |