Framgord Description of stone

Event ID 1015404

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

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Framgord 4 (St Mary), Sandwick, Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone

Measurements: H 0.74m, W 0.33m

Stone type: schist

Place of discovery: HP 6191 0290

Present location: in the churchyard at Framgord.

Evidence for discovery: recorded by RCAHMS in 1930.

Present condition:

Description

This stone has short squared arms and a flaring shaft, and it is notable for the addition of a second inner cross carved in relief.

Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.

References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1539; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 117.

Compiled by A Ritchie 2016