What is recorded here

Ogham no. 1 in Ballynabortagh stood inside a stone enclosure until destruction in the mid-nineteenth century. Windele read MAILAGN(I) on it, and Macalister repeated that reading. The stone may have marked a boundary, a burial or a family claim, yet no surviving fragment remains to answer the question.

This is one of four stones recorded by Windele (Macalister 1943, 63) prior to their destruction in the mid-ninteenth century. The inscription on this stone was read by Windele and Macalister (ibid, no. 60) as MAILAGN(I). Macalister (ibid) quotes or paraphrases Windele thus: 'Within the enclosure (CO052-039002-)....four standing stones. One of these is the ogham no. 1 (CO052-039001-). Twenty yards south of it was a pair of stones, one of which was the ogham no. 2 (CO052-053---). A short distance to the west of these was a solitary pillar, with some flagstones, laid down close by (CO052-057---). (Power et al. 1994, no. 4231) Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 1 February 2016

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