Brough of Birsay 7 Description of stone
Event ID 1018424
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1018424
Brough of Birsay 7 (St Peter), Orkney, ogham-inscribed fragment
Measurements: L 0.32m, W 0.35m, H 0.06m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: HY 2398 2850
Present location: The Orkney Museum, Kirkwall.
Evidence for discovery: found during excavation in 1980, re-used as a paving stone in a context dated by radiocarbon analysis.
Present condition: weathered.
Description
One narrow face of the fragment bears the remains of an inscription in bind ogham letter set on a stem line, of which the interpretation is uncertain.
Date: seventh century.
References: Forsyth 1996, 85-91 (no 3).
Compiled by A Ritchie 2017
