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St Ninians Isle Description of stone

Event ID 1015195

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1015195

St Ninian’s Isle 7, Shetland, shrine post

Measurements: H 0.73m, W 0.12m, D 0.18m

Stone type: sandstone

Place of discovery: HU 3685 2090

Present location: Shetland Museum, Lerwick (ARC 67125)

Evidence for discovery: found during excavation in 1957 in the rectangular structure dubbed the ‘Founder’s Tomb’.

Present condition: good.

Description

This is a plain post with a naturally rough base and three grooved faces, the grooves being 0.25m to 0.30m long.

Date: eighth or ninth century.

References: Thomas 1973, no 8; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 45.

Compiled by A Ritchie 2016

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