The mail stone: an incised Pictish figure from Mail, Cunningsburgh, Shetland

Authors

  • Val Turner

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.124.315.325

Keywords:

Cremated Bone, Settlements, Postholes, Cremation Burials, Camp, Pit, Copper Alloy, Sunken Features, Enclosure, Road Radiocarbon Dates, Subrectangular Enclosure, Glass, Temporary Camp, Trumpet Brooch, Charcoal, Pottery, Charred Plant Remains, Iron, Charred Barley, Camp Cropmarks, Brooch Sword, Ditch

Abstract

A lightly incised, animal-headed, Pictish figure is described and analysed in the context of Pictish art and of its find spot. A seventh-century date is proposed.

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Published

30-11-1995

Issue

Vol. 124 (1995)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

The mail stone: an incised Pictish figure from Mail, Cunningsburgh, Shetland. (1995). Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 124, 315-325. https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.124.315.325