Ness of Burgi 2 Description of stone
Event ID 1015586
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1015586
Ness of Burgi 2, Shetland, portable carved stone disc
Measurements: Diam 75mm, D 18mm
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: HU 3878 0839
Present location: National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh (GA.137)
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
Set a little inside the perimeter of one face of the disc is a firmly incised circular band of key pattern composed of running T-bars. Within this circle there is a curving line. On the other side of the disc there is a lightly incised design consisting of a central square, with lines radiating out from its corners and ending in spirals.
Date: early medieval.
References: Thomas 1963, fig 3.3; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 26.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
