Norse Heraldry in Orkney

Abstract

The paper refers to points raised by another author in an earlier paper with which the writer disagrees. These mainly relate to a slab bearing the arms of Flett impaling Tulloch whose interpretation the two writers disagree upon. These include a depiction of a drinking horn rather than a crescent and a letter F rather than a B and the likely date of the slab. The origins of arms-bearing in Orkney is touched upon.