West Sandwick Description of stone

Event ID 1015371

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

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Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

West Sandwick 2, Yell, Shetland, cruciform stone

Measurements: H o.52m, W 0.30m

Stone type:

Place of discovery: HU 4498 8368

Present location: in the West Sandwick graveyard, Yell.

Evidence for discovery: recorded in 2000.

Present condition: part of the shaft is missing and one side-arm is damaged.

Description

This was a slender cruciform stone with short arms.

Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.

References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 86 (mistakenly attributed to North Kirk Geo).

Compiled by A Ritchie 2016