North Voxter Description of stone

Event ID 1017086

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

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Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

North Voxter 2, Aith Voe, Cunningsburgh, Shetland, rune-inscribed fragment

Measurements: H 0.14, W 0.12m, D 0.4m

Stone type: sandstone

Place of discovery: HU 4382 2874

Present location: National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh (X.IB.105)

Evidence for discovery: found probably in 1875 near North Voxter and near where North Voxter 1 was found.

Present condition: severely damaged.

Description

This fragment is incised with the remains of four runes and a cross and may be part of the same inscription as North Voxter 1.

Date: early medieval.

References: ECMS pt 3, 19; Barnes & Page 2006, SH 2, 123-6; Ritchie 2008, 188-9; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 74.

Compiled by A Ritchie 2017