Jarlshof 5 Description of stone
Event ID 1015578
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
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Jarlshof 5, Shetland, portable carved stone disc
Measurements: Diam 72mm, D 22mm
Stone type: fine-grained sandstone
Place of discovery: HU 3980 0959
Present location: Shetland Museum, Lerwick (ARC 66139a)
Evidence for discovery: found during the early excavations around 1900, precise context unknown.
Present condition: very worn and some edge damage.
Description
One flat face of this disc is deeply incised with a depiction of a boat with a sail and rigging.
Date: late iron age/early medieval.
References: Johnstone 1980, 153; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 19.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016