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St Ninians Isle Description of stone
Event ID 1015193
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1015193
St Ninian’s Isle 5, Shetland, shrine post
Measurements: H 0.78m, W 0.22m, D 0.26m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: HU 3685 2090
Present location: Shetland Museum, Lerwick (ARC 67121)
Evidence for discovery: found during excavation in 1957 in the rectangular structure dubbed the ‘Founder’s Tomb’.
Present condition: very worn.
Description
This rectangular post has two decorated faces, A and E, and three grooved faces. The grooves are 0.38m to 0.56m long. Face A is very worn but appears to retain traces of diagonal interlace within a flatband border formed by a pecked line. Face E has an oblong boss carved in relief, now plain.
Date: eighth or ninth century.
References; Thomas 1973, no 4; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 33.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
