Jarlshof 8 Description of stone
Event ID 1015581
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
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Jarlshof 8, Shetland, portable carved stone disc
Measurements: Diam 60mm, D 15mm
Stone type: fine-grained sandstone
Place of discovery: HU 3980 0959
Present location: Shetland Museum, Lerwick (ARC 66139b)
Evidence for discovery: found during the early excavations around 1900, exact provenance unknown.
Present condition: very worn.
Description
This disc is roughly chamfered, leaving the diameter of the upper surface slightly less than that of the underside. The upper surface is deeply incised with a cross within a circle.
Date: late iron age/early medieval.
References: Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 27.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016