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St Ninians Isle Description of stone
Event ID 1015200
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1015200
St Ninian’s Isle 11, Shetland, cross-slab
Measurements: H 0.32m, W 0.30m, D 0.05m
Stone type: steatite
Place of discovery: HU 3685 2090
Present location: Shetland Museum, Lerwick (ARC 6641)
Evidence for discovery: found during the 1956-9 excavations, exact provenance unknown.
Present condition: good apart from some damage to the left-hand lower corner.
Description
This slab has a pecked line all round the carved face, suggesting that this was a recumbent gravemarker. It bears a well-carved sunken cross.
Date: ninth or tenth century.
References: Thomas 1973, no 13; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 61.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
