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Jarlshof 7 Description of stone
Event ID 1015580
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1015580
Jarlshof 6, Shetland, portable carved stone disc
Measurements: Diam 57mm, D 15mm
Stone type: fine-grained sandstone
Place of discovery: HU 3980 0959
Present location: Shetland Museum, Lerwick (ARC 66140)
Evidence for discovery: found during the early excavations around 1900, precise context unknown.
Present condition: some edge-damage.
Description
Both flat faces of this disc are incised with a cross, the arms of which extend out to the perimeter.
Date: late iron age/early medieval.
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 23.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
