St Ninians Isle Description of stone
Event ID 1015228
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1015228
St Ninian’s Isle 19, Shetland, portable cross-slab
Measurements: H 197mm, W 74mm, D 12mm
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: worn.
Description
This small slab is incised lightly and not very expertly with a long-shafted Latin cross, on which two curving lines run from part way down the shaft towards the ends of the side-arms..
Date: eighth or ninth century.
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 72; Fisher 2011, SF 433, 122, 123.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
