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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
