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Ness of Burgi 1 Description of stone
Event ID 1015585
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1015585
Ness of Burgi 1, Shetland, portable carved stone disc
Measurements: Diam 70mm, 16mm
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: HU 3878 0839
Present location: National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh (GA.138)
Evidence for discovery: found sometime prior to 1882 on the site of Ness of Burgi and given to the museum by John Bruce.
Present condition: some wear.
Description
Almost central to one face of this disc is an incised rectangle divided into a grid of six small rectangles, some of which have a diagonal line running across them. The other side is lightly incised with lines making no recognisable pattern.
Date: early medieval.
References: Thomas 1963, fig 3.6; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 24.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
