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Lundawick Description of stone
Event ID 1015396
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1015396
Lundawick 10 (St Olaf), Unst, Shetland, carved stone
Measurements: H 1.42m +, W 0.72m +
Stone type:
Place of discovery: HP 5669 0409
Present location: in the church at Lund, re-used as the lintel to a window in the north wall. Although the church dates back to the twelfth century, this window is thought to be a later insertion.
Evidence for discovery:
Present condition:
Description
Incised on this slab are two lines converging towards a diamond-shaped tip. This design perhaps resembles a club rather than either a fish or a serpent and is undatable.
Date: early medieval or later.
References: Gifford 1992, 496-7; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 130.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
