Ness of Brodgar Description of stone

Event ID 1017159

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

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Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

Ness of Brodgar, Orkney, runic inscription fragment

Measurements: L 0.41m, W 0.15m, H 0.10m

Stone type: sandstone

Place of discovery: HY c 302 129

Present location: National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh (X.IB.211).

Evidence for discovery: found reused in a field wall on Brodgar Farm in or before 1927 when it was presented to NMAS.

Present condition: broken and worn.

Description

This irregular fragment bears incised twig runes but the inscription is difficult to interpret.

Date: uncertain.

References: Barnes & Page 2006, OR 7, 172-4.

Compiled by A Ritchie 2017