St Ninians Isle Description of stone
Event ID 1015227
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1015227
St Ninian’s Isle 18, Shetland, portable cross-slab
Measurements: H 245mm, W 104mm, D 22mm
Stone type: micaceous schist
Place of discovery: HU 3685 2090
Present location: Shetland Museum, Lerwick
Evidence for discovery: found during excavations in 1999-2000 of the long cist cemetery south of the chapel.
Present condition: some wear.
Description
This small slab is incised with a plaited double cross, and there is some indication that the shaft may have ended in a triquetra knot.
Date: eighth or ninth century.
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 71; Fisher 2011, SF 301, 121, 123.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016