Archaeology Notes
Event ID 848162
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/848162
HU31SE 21.01 3898 1065
In the course of the 1998 excavation of the later 'Pictish' multi-cellular building it was noted that one of the central hearth kerbstones carried a carving of a boar. The stone had been placed in such a way that the figure was hidden until the stone was removed from its position.
Sponsors: Historic Scotland, BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd, EC Objective 1, Robert Kiln Trust, Scottish Hydro-Electric plc, SNH, Shetland Amenity Trust, Shetland Enterprise Company, Shetland Islands Council, University of Bradford.
S J Dockrill, V E Turner and J M Bond 1998