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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 646106
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/646106
HY51NW 23 unlocated.
A fine grained greenish-coloured stone 2" long and 1 1/2" square on the sides, with a small hole pierced through one end, probably a touch stone was found near the ruins of St. Salvador's Chapel Shapinsay, (HY51NW 22).
It was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) by David Balfour of Balfour in 1862. (AL 20)
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1863; RCAHMS 1987
