Old Scatness 4 description of stone
Event ID 1014811
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1014811
Old Scatness 4, Shetland, portable Pictish symbol pebble
Measurements: H 50mm, W 95mm, D 15mm
Stone type: siltstone pebble
Place of discovery: HU 3898 1065
Present location: Shetland Museum, Lerwick (OSB 2016.9101)
Evidence for discovery: found during excavations in 1998 in a context associated with structure 5.
Present condition: heavily worn and scratched.
Description
This small pebble is heavily incised on both broad faces with an arch and V-rod symbol on one face and on the other a possible boat with a curved rudder.
Date: seventh century.
References: Fraser 2008, no 198.3; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 11; Dockrill et al 2010, SF9101, 309-11, 315.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
