| 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 |