Framgord Description of stone
Event ID 1015404
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1015404
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