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Gungstie Description of stone
Event ID 1014357
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1014357
Gungstie 4, Noss, Shetland, cross-slab
Measurements: H 0.68m, W 0.27m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: HU 5307 4094
Present location: Shetland Museum, Lerwick (ARC 1996.205).
Evidence for discovery: found in the graveyard in 1996.
Present condition: good.
Description
This slab tapers towards the base and is carved on one broad face with a sunken cross with barred terminals.
Date: seventh century.
References: Fisher 2002, 54-5; Scott & Ritchie 2009, 31, no 63.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
