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Brough of Birsay Description of stone
Event ID 1017160
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1017160
Brough of Birsay 8 (St Peter), Orkney, rune-inscribed fragment
Measurements: L 0.87m, W 0.16, D 0.09m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: HY 2398 2850
Present location: National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh (X.IB.191).
Evidence for discovery: found in 1921 re-used in the external face of the north chancel wall of the church, and soon after donated to NMAS.
Present condition: damaged..
Description
The narrow rune-inscribed face of this fragment was hidden within the wall. The inscription includes the personal name ‘Philippus’.
Date: early medieval.
References: Marwick 1922; Barnes & Page 2006, OR 6, 166-70.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2017
