| Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1897:15 Macalister/1945:158 |
| Site: | BLTAG |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1804 Vallancey |
| History: | Cuppage/etal/1986, 265, states that this stone `lay loose in a dyke near the ditch (presumably that of the enclosure)'. Macalister/1945, 151, credits Vallancey in his Collectanea of 1804 as the first record of the Ballintaggart stones. |
| Geology: | Macalister/1945, 151: `sandstone'. |
| Dimensions: | 0.56 x 0.36 x 0.13 (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: | complete , good |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | no other decoration |
| Macalister, R.A.S. (1897): | SUVALLOSMAQ ||| QIDU ||| COVAROS Expansion: SUVALLOS MAQQI DUCOVAROS Cuppage/etal/1986 265 reading only Macalister/1897 35 reading only Macalister/1945 153 reading only McManus/1991 65 reading only Ziegler/1994 265 reading only |
| Cuppage, J. (1986): | SUVALLOSMAQ ||| [..]DUC ||| OVAROS Expansion: SUVALLOS MAQ[QI] DUCOVAROS Cuppage/etal/1986 265 reading only |
| Orientation: | vertical up down |
| Position: | n/a ; arris ; n/a ; undecorated Macalister/1945, 153: `on two sides (up-top-down)'. |
| Incision: | pocked Macalister/1945, 153: `pocked'. |
| Date: | 366 - 466 (McManus/1991) McManus/1991, 93--94. |
| Language: | Goidelic (ogham) |
| Ling. Notes: | See McManus/1991, 105, 178. |
| Palaeography: | none |
| Legibility: | good Macalister/1945, 153: `In fairly good condition ... The second Q is broken and faint'. Cuppage/etal/1986, 265: `The last two scores of the Q and the 1st four of the I have broken away but their former presence is confirmed by earlier accounts'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |