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Brough of Birsay Description of stone
Event ID 1017164
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1017164
Brough of Birsay 11 (St Peter), Orkney, rune-inscribed fragment
Measurements: L 0.70m, H 0.06m
Stone type: old red sandstone
Place of discovery: HY 2398 2850
Present location: built into the base of the south wall of the church.
Evidence for discovery: noticed during excavations in the 1930s.
Present condition: worn and damaged.
Description
The runes are carved along the narrow face of the stone and represent the lower part of the letters. This is probably a commemorative inscription, and it may be part of the same stone as nos 9 and 10.
Date: eleventh century.
References: Barnes & Page 2006, OR 16, 180-1.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2017
