Mail Cemetery
Comb (Antler)(Viking)
Site Name Mail Cemetery
Classification Comb (Antler)(Viking)
Alternative Name(s) Mail Graveyard, Cunningsburgh
Canmore ID 82963
Site Number HU42NW 5.02
NGR HU 4325 2790
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Dunrossness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU42NW 5.02 4325 2790
About two-thirds of a hog-backed comb, one side badly water damaged, other side patterning weak but visible. Three vertical lines cutting across back piece near end, from three oblique lines cut across with slashed decoration set at right angles to lines. On same side three dot and circle decorations.
Found by workman while landscaping the extension to the Mail graveyard. Now in Shetland Museum.
Registration no. ARC 1993.226
T Watt 1993.
