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