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Jarlshof 2 Description of stone
Event ID 1015575
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1015575
Jarlshof 2, Shetland, portable carved stone disc
Measurements: Diam 72mm, D 15mm
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: HU 3980 0959
Present location: Shetland Museum, Lerwick (ARC 66138)
Evidence for discovery: found during excavations around 1900 in the vicinity of the broch and wheelhouses, precise context unknown.
Present condition: some minor damage to the edge and wear to the carving.
Description
One broad face of this disc has been carefully incised overall with spiral designs.
Date: late iron age/ early medieval.
References: Bruce 1907, 33; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 16.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
