North Voxter Description of stone
Event ID 1017084
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1017084
North Voxter 1, Aith Voe, Cunningsburgh, Shetland, rune-inscribed fragment
Measurements: H 0.28m, W 0.18m, D 0.6m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: HU 4376 2866
Present location: National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh (X.IB.104)
Evidence for discovery: found in 1872 in the bed of an old burn on the west side of Aith Voe.
Present condition: damaged along all edges.
Description
This roughly triangular slab has the remains of a runic inscription along its narrow face, consisting of five or six runes and a cross. The runes appear to be part of a personal name, Grimr.
Date: early medieval.
References: ECMS pt 3, 19; Barnes & Page 2006, SH 1, 120-3; Ritchie 2008, 188-9; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 73.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2017
