Tuquoy Description of stone
Event ID 1017234
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1017234
Tuquoy, Westray, Orkney, rune-inscribed stone
Measurements: L 0.77m, W 0.41m, H 0.11m
Stone type: flagstone
Place of discovery: HY 4546 4313
Present location: HES store, Edinburgh.
Evidence for discovery: found 1982-3 during excavation of a late Norse settlement, reused as a building stone.
Present condition: worn.
Description
Along the narrow face of the slab are lightly incised runes, representing a graffito inscription.
Date: early medieval.
References: Barnes & Page 2006, OR 14, 197-200.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2017