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St Ninians Isle Description of stone
Event ID 1015196
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1015196
St Ninian’s Isle 8, Shetland, shrine post fragment
Measurements: H 0.38m, W 0.23m, D 0.11m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: HU 3685 2090
Present location: Shetland Museum, Lerwick (ARC 67124)
Evidence for discovery: found during excavation in 1957 in the rectangular structure dubbed the ‘Founder’s Tomb’.
Present condition: broken and battered.
Description
This fragment represents the upper portion of a plain and substantial post, with grooves in two faces.
Date: eighth or ninth century.
References: Thomas 1973, no 9; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 47.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
