Papil Description of stone

Event ID 1015189

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1015189

Papil 15 (St Laurence), West Burra, Shetland, shrine post

Measurements: H 0.53m, W 0.3m, D 0.09m

Stone type: sandstone

Place of discovery: HU 3688 3148

Present location: Shetland Museum, Lerwick (ARC 7432)

Evidence for discovery:

Present condition: good

Description

This post is rectangular in section and has two plain faces and two grooved faces, the grooves measuring 0.28m to 0.35m in length.

Date: eighth or ninth century.

References: Thomas 1973, no 35; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 36.

Compiled by A Ritchie 2016