Northmavine Description of stone

Event ID 1015574

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

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Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

Northmavine, Shetland, portable carved stone

Measurements: L 45mm, W 20mm, H 43mm

Stone type: sandstone

Place of discovery: HU c 32 85

Present location: National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh (BG.392)

Evidence for discovery:

Present condition: the beak is missing but the surviving carving is good.

Description

This is a carving in the round of a plump bird, settled as if on the nest. Incised lines indicate its feathers.

Date: early medieval or later.

References: Thomas 1963, 47, pl II.1; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 13.

Compiled by A Ritchie 2016