North Kirk Geo Description of stone

Event ID 1015380

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

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Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

North Kirk Geo 2, Yell, Shetland, cruciform stone

Measurements: H 0.68m, W 0.52m

Stone type:

Place of discovery: HU 4522 8883

Present location: in the burial ground at North Kirk Geo.

Evidence for discovery:

Present condition:

Description

This is a cruciform stone with a wide shaft and a wide and short upper arm, while the side-arms are also short.

Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.

References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 95 (mistakenly attributed to West Sandwick).

Compiled by A Ritchie 2016