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Mail Cemetery
Strap End (Viking)
Site Name Mail Cemetery
Classification Strap End (Viking)
Alternative Name(s) Mail Graveyard, Cunningsburgh
Canmore ID 82966
Site Number HU42NW 5.05
NGR HU 4325 2790
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/82966
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Dunrossness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU42NW 5.05 4325 2790
Norse strap end of bone, tapering to one end, with eight rows of incised dot and cricles on one side, one other rope design with dot and circle decorations. Socket in wide end, with three holes each end. Found while excavating for a car park at Mail, Cunningsburgh. Now in Shetland Museum. (Registration no. ARC 1993.353)
T Watt 1993.
