North Voxter

North Voxter 1, Aith Voe, Cunningsburgh, Shetland, rune-inscribed fragment

Measurements: H 0.28m, W 0.18m, D 0.6m

Stone type: sandstone

Place of discovery: HU 4376 2866

Present location: National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh (X.IB.104)

Evidence for discovery: found in 1872 in the bed of an old burn on the west side of Aith Voe.

Present condition: damaged along all edges.

Description

This roughly triangular slab has the remains of a runic inscription along its narrow face, consisting of five or six runes and a cross. The runes appear to be part of a personal name, Grimr.

Date: early medieval.

References: ECMS pt 3, 19; Barnes & Page 2006, SH 1, 120-3; Ritchie 2008, 188-9; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 73.

Compiled by A Ritchie 2017

North Voxter 2, Aith Voe, Cunningsburgh, Shetland, rune-inscribed fragment

Measurements: H 0.14, W 0.12m, D 0.4m

Stone type: sandstone

Place of discovery: HU 4382 2874

Present location: National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh (X.IB.105)

Evidence for discovery: found probably in 1875 near North Voxter and near where North Voxter 1 was found.

Present condition: severely damaged.

Description

This fragment is incised with the remains of four runes and a cross and may be part of the same inscription as North Voxter 1.

Date: early medieval.

References: ECMS pt 3, 19; Barnes & Page 2006, SH 2, 123-6; Ritchie 2008, 188-9; Scott & Ritchie 2009, no 74.

Compiled by A Ritchie 2017

HU42NW 10 4384 2873 and 4378 2866.

(HU 4376 2866 and HU 4382 2874) Sculptured Stones found AD 1872-3 (TI)

OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1903).

Two fragments of slabs bearing Runic inscriptions on the edges. The more northerly was found in 1873 and the other in 1872. They were found by Robert Cogil, Meadows by whom they were donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS). (IB 104-5) (See also HU42NW 5 - Chapel Site)

Name Book 1878; NMAS 1892.

Nothing of significance was seen at either of these sites. No further information.

Visited by OS (WDJ) 8 May 1968.