St Ninians Isle Description of stone
Event ID 1015199
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1015199
St Ninian’s Isle 9, Shetland, cross-slab
Measurements: H 0.64m, W 0.10m, D 0.06m
Stone type: micaceous metaquartzite
Place of discovery: HU 3685 2090
Present location: Shetland Museum, Lerwick (ARC 6643)
Evidence for discovery: found during excavations in 1959 outside the south wall of the medieval chapel, associated with long cist graves.
Present condition: worn.
Description
In the upper part of this rough slab an outline cross has been pecked, its side-arms spanning the width of the stone and its upper arm and shaft open-ended. There are hints of very small armpits.
Date: eighth or ninth century
References: Thomas 1973, no 11; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 55.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
