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Papil Description of stone
Event ID 1015145
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1015145
Papil 16 (St Laurence), West Burra, Shetland, shrine panel fragments
Measurements: H 0.44m, W0.35m, D 0.30m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: HU 3688 3148
Present location: Shetland Museum, Lerwick (ARC 7433)
Evidence for discovery: found lying in the graveyard in 1971 and taken to the museum.
Present condition: broken into two conjoining fragments.
Description
This fragment is part of the upper portion of a panel, probably from a shrine. The upper edge on face A is incised with a line 3cm below the top.
Date: eighth or ninth century.
References: Thomas 1973, no 36; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 40 (mistakenly attributed to St Ninian’s Isle).
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
