Lundawick Description of stone
Event ID 1015388
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1015388
Lundawick 2 (St Olaf), Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.84m, W 0.32m
Stone type:
Place of discovery: HP 5669 0409
Present location: in the churchyard at Lund.
Evidence for discovery: recorded by RCAHMS in 1930.
Present condition: good.
Description
This is a rare example of a cruciform stone with a small pecked cross between the two short side-arms. the upper arm is broad and rounded, while the shaft flares a little and then tapers to a rounded point.
Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1541; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 103.
Compiled By A Ritchie 2016
