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Brough of Birsay 6 Description of stone
Event ID 1018422
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1018422
Brough of Birsay 6 (St Peter), Orkney, ogham-inscribed fragment
Measurements: H c 0.37, W c 0.24m, D c 0.05m
Stone type: old red sandstone
Place of discovery: HY 2398 2850
Present location: lost.
Evidence for discovery: found on the beach below the eroding Norse buildings during the 1930s excavations.
Present condition:
Description
This is an incomplete graffito inscription carved on to a stone in a wall, but the short length that survives is difficult to interpret.
Date: early medieval.
References: Forsyth 1996, 81-5 (no 2).
Compiled by A Ritchie 2017
