| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1945:164 |
| Site: | BLTER |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1804 Pelham, P. |
| History: | First recorded by P. Pelham and published in Vallancey/1804, 224--225. Macalister/1945, 157 and Cuppage/etal/1986, 44, record the stone as still in situ. |
| Geology: | Macalister/1945, 157: `monolith of sandstone grit'. |
| Dimensions: | 3.9 x 1.1 x 0.78 (Cuppage/etal/1986) |
| Setting: | in ground |
| Location: | earliest Macalister/1945, 157, and Cuppage/etal/1986, 44, record the stone as still in situ. |
| Form: | plain |
| Condition: | incomplete , some Cuppage/etal/1986, 44: `Natural weathering and use of the stone as a scratching post by cattle have damaged the inscription in parts ... a large spall has been detached' from the stone. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | 1: latin; linear; straight; expanded; plain; none; none; none; n/a |
| Decorations: | Macalister/1945, 157--158: `a small plain cross has been cut on the face of the stone'. Cuppage/etal/1986, 44: `A simple Latin cross with slightly expanded terminals to head and arms has been carved on the SE face'. |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1945): | VOENACUNASM[-- Expansion: VOENACUNAS M[AQI MUCOI--] Macalister/1945 157 reading only |
| Cuppage, J. (1986): | VOE[V!]ACUNA[-- Expansion: VOE[N]ACUNA[S M--] Cuppage/etal/1986 44 reading only |
| McManus, D. (1991): | VOE[NA]CU[N]A[S][--] Expansion: VOE[NA]CU[N]A[S][--] McManus/1991 66 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical up |
| Position: | NE ; arris ; beside cross ; undivided |
| Incision: | pocked Macalister/1945, 157: `pocked'. |
| Date: | 400 - 500 (Ziegler/1994) 366 - 466 (McManus/1991) McManus/1991, 93--94. |
| Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | See McManus/1991, 102, 121. |
| Palaeography: | McManus/1991, 7, suggests that OE was carved for OI in VOENACUNAS through the mistaken ommision of a single vowel score. |
| Legibility: | some Vallancey/1804, 224--225, states that some of the scores are `too faint to be delineated'. Cuppage/etal/1986, 44: `Neither the first 2 scores of the first N, not the S, or M are traceable today'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |