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Ness of Brodgar Description of stone
Event ID 1017159
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1017159
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
