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- Title
A fragment of a Pictish symbol-bearing slab with carving in relief from Mail, Cunningsburgh, Shetland.
- Authors
Ritchie, Anna
- Abstract
A fragment of carved stone found in March 2008 is likely to be part of a Pictish cross-slab of 8th- to 10th-century date. It bears a double disc and Z-rod within a frame and part of an interlace design, carved in incision and low relief. This is the fifth symbol-bearing monument known from Shetland and the only one to bear this particular symbol. Each disc is infilled with a cross of arcs, but it is uncertain whether this is purely decoration or whether it has Christian meaning.
- Subjects
SHETLAND (Scotland); SCOTLAND; STONE carving; SCOTTISH antiquities; PICTS; RELIEF (Sculpture); DECORATION &; ornament
- Publication
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 2008, Issue 138, p185
- ISSN
0081-1564
- Publication type
Article