Norwick Description of stone
Event ID 1015398
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1015398
Norwick 2 (St John), Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 1.00m, W 0.38m
Stone type: schist
Place of discovery: HP 6517 1410
Present location: in the churchyard at Norwick.
Evidence for discovery: recorded by RCAHMS in 1930.
Present condition: good
Description
A relatively large cruciform stone, this has squared terminals to the side-arms, whereas the upper arm flares into a triangular shape and the shaft is also flared.
Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1536; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 111.
Compiled by A ritchie 2016
