St Ninian's Isle Description of stone
Event ID 1017101
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1017101
St Ninian’s Isle 10, Shetland, cross-slab
Measurements: H 1.00m, W 0.36m, D 0.09m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: HU 3685 2090
Present location: fixed to the wall inside Bigton Kirk.
Evidence for discovery: found during excavation in 1956, lying face down against the inner face of the south wall of the medieval chapel. It was taken to St Ninian’s Kirk at Bigton on the adjacent mainland.
Present condition: some wear and the base is broken.
Description
This rectangular slab is incised with an outline cross with slightly expanded upper arm and the side-arms almost reaching the sides of the slab
Date: eighth or ninth century.
References: Thomas 1973, no 18; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 56.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2017
