Lundawick Description of stone
Event ID 1015391
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1015391
Lundawick 5 (St Olaf), Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.96m, 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
A long triangular slab has been carved into a cruciform stone by creating rounded notches above and below the side-arms, leaving short squared arms.
Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1541; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 106.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016