Norwick Description of stone
Event ID 1015399
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1015399
Norwick 3 (St John), Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.82m, W 0.34m
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
This cruciform stone has squared terminals to the side-arms, whereas the upper arm and the shaft are flared.
Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1536; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 112.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016