Clickhimin Description of stone
Date 5 October 2016
Event ID 1014352
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1014352
Clickhimim, Shetland, footprint stone
Measurements:
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: HU 4643 4081
Present location: set as a paving stone in the outer gateway leading into the fort with the footprints facing upwards.
Evidence for discovery: none, and the slab is unlikely to be in its original location.
Present condition: somewhat worn.
Description
Carved in low relief into the surface of the slab is a pair of shod footprints, set close together roughly in the centre of the slab. Each footprint is 0.23m long (9 inches).
Date: early medieval
References: Hamilton 1968, 151-6; Scott & Ritchie 2009, 2, 14, 47, no 10.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
