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Papil Description of stone

Event ID 1015187

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1015187

Papil 13 (St Laurence), West Burra, Shetland, shrine post fragment

Measurements: H 0.27m, W 0.15m, D 0.07m

Stone type: sandstone

Place of discovery: HU 3688 3148

Present location: Shetland Museum, Lerwick (ARC 6639)

Evidence for discovery:

Present condition: the lower edge is broken and there is some wear of the carved face.

Description

This fragment is the curved top of a slender post, and one broad face is incised with a double line round its edge, the outer line of which ends in spirals on either side.

Date: eighth or ninth century.

References: Thomas 1973, no 30; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 41.

Compiled by A Ritchie 2016

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