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Burrian Description of stone
Event ID 1017170
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1017170
Burrian, Broch of Burrian 2, North Ronaldsay, carved pebble
Measurements: L 150mm, W 58mm
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: HY 7627 5138
Present location: National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh (GB.9)
Evidence for discovery: found in a secondary level within the broch during excavations in 1870.
Present condition: the surface has suffered from flaking and wear.
Description
This oval pebble has two flattish faces and both are carved. On one side there is a pecked and smoothed pentacle containing small circles and curved lines, while on the other side there is an incised hexagram, both of approximately the same size.
Date: sixth to eighth centuries.
References: Traill 1890; MacGregor 1974, no 278, 96.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2017
