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Brodgar Farm
Rune Inscribed Stone (Norse)
Site Name Brodgar Farm
Classification Rune Inscribed Stone (Norse)
Canmore ID 2116
Site Number HY31SW 3
NGR HY 301 129
NGR Description HY c. 301 129
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Stenness
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY31SW 3 c. 301 129.
A block of sandstone found in a field at Brodgar Farm contains an inscription in twig-runes.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1928; RCAHMS 1946; M Olsen 1954.
No further information.
Visited by OS (NKB) 8 May 1966.
Orkney Smr Note
This stone was found in a field dyke at Brodgar. It is a block of Old Red Sandstone, about 16.5in by 5.5in by 4.75in and is remarkable as having incised on one an inscription in twig-runes. Prof A.W. Broegger wrote There is no doubt that we have got the well-known Kvistruner (twig-runes) here in this inscription. [R2]
Information from Orkney SMR [n.d.]
