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North Voxter Description of stone
Event ID 1017086
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1017086
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
