Sands of Evie Description of stone
Event ID 1017224
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1017224
Sands of Evie, Evie & Rendall, Orkney, Pictish symbol stone fragment
Measurements: H 0.28m, W 0.23m, D 0.09m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: HY c 377 265
Present location: The Orkney Museum, Kirkwall (OM 1976.233)
Evidence for discovery: found on the beach at the Sands of Evie near the broch of Gurness in 1967.
Present condition: broken and water-worn.
Description
This small fragment is part of a symbol stone and is incised with the lower portion of a mirror symbol. Part of the face of the mirror survives, along with the bi-partite handle, which has a double outline and consists of a triangle clasping the mirror and a ball terminal.
Date:
References: Ritchie, J N G 1969; Fraser 2008, no 174; Scott & Ritchie 2014, no 7.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2017
