Cross slab

Description

Pictish stone cross slab showing three warriors with coiffed hair and shaped beards, from Birsay, Orkney, 7th or 8th century

Museum reference

X.IB 243

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Cross slab

Date

7th - 8th century

Style / Culture

Pictish

Materials

Stone

Physical description

Stone

Collection place(s)

Brough of Birsay, Orkney, Scotland, Northern Europe

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

Canmore Site Record

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