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Framgord Description of stone
Event ID 1015405
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1015405
Framgord 5 (St Mary), Sandwick, Unst, Shetland, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 0.62m, W 0.27m
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
A slender example of a cruciform stone, this has short side-arms, flared expanded upper arm and a straight shaft. There is a tenon-like extension to the op of the upper arm.
Date: ninth to eleventh centuries.
References: RCAHMS 1946, no 1539; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 118.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
