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SHETLAND
ROYAL COMMISSION
ON ANCIENT MONUMENTS
SCOTLAND |
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The Royal Commission
on the Ancient & Historical
Monuments of Scotland
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CONTENTS
PAGE
LIST OF PLANS AND ILLUSTRATIONS -- vii
LIST OF SHETLAND PARISHES -- xi
NOTE ON BIBLIOGRAPHY -- xii
INVENTORY OF THE ANCIENT AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS
AND CONSTRUCTIONS IN SHETLAND -- 1
ARMORIAL -- 171
GLOSSARY -- 173
INDEX -- 175
MAP OF SHETLAND INDICATING THE POSITIONS OF THE
PRINCIPAL MONUMENTS BY NUMBERS REFERABLE TO
THE INVENTORY -- IN POCKET AT END.
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PARISH -- FIGURE -- NAME -- PLATE OR (p) PAGE
518 -- Shetland arrows-heads -- 14
Bressay -- 461 -- St Mary's Church, Cullingsburgh (No 1083). Plan -- p. 2
462 -- Ogham inscriptions on the Bressay Stone (No 1084) -- p. 3
476-7 -- The Bressay Stone (No. 1084) -- 2
480 -- Broch, Boss Sound (No. 1085) -- 3
644 -- Standing stone, Hill of Cruester (No. 1088) -- 36
463 -- Indeterminate structure, Stoura Clett (No 1099). Plan -- p. 6
Delting -- 464 -- Church, Vol (No 1112). Plan -- p. 8
465 -- Broch, Fugla Ness (No. 1115). Plan -- p. 9
525 -- Standing stone, Busta (No. 1117) -- 16
466 -- Chambered cairn, Graven (No 1121). Plan -- p. 11
467 -- Heel-shaped cairn, Hill of Dale (No 1123). Plan -- p. 11
628 -- Heel-shaped cairn, Hill of Dale (No 1123). S. corner and part of S.W.
side -- 33
Dunrossness -- 468 -- Ogham inscription from Mail, Cunningsburgh (No. 1136, 1) -- p. 13
469 -- Ogham inscription from Mail, Cunningsburgh (No. 1136, 2) -- p. 13
470 -- Stone with runic inscription from Mail, Cunningsburgh (No. 1136, 5) -- p. 14
471 -- Stone with runic inscription from Mail, Cunningsburgh (No. 1136, 7) -- p. 14
472 -- The Jarlshof site. General plan -- p. 17
473 -- Old house, "Jarlshof" (No 1139). Plan -- p. 18
490 -- Old house, "Jarlshof" (No 1139). Plan -- 5
474 -- Viking house, Jarlshof (No 1140, 1). Interior of stofa, showing remains
of pallr -- 1
475 -- Viking house, Jarlshof (No 1140, 1). Interior of eldhús, showing fire-
place -- 1
484 -- Viking house, Jarlshof (No. 1140). Plan -- p. 21
481 -- Broch of Burraland (No 1143). From S., showing remains of "out-
buildings " in foreground -- 4
482 -- Broch of Burraland (No 1143). From S.S.W. -- 4
483 -- Broch of Burraland (No 1143). General view from S.W. showing the
Broch of Mousa in the distance -- 4
485 -- Broch of Burraland (No 1143)Plan -- p. 24
486 -- Broch of Levenwick (No 1144) Plan -- p. 25
499 -- Broch of Levenwick (No 1144) Plan -- 8
487 -- Broch, Clumlie (No 1145). Plan -- p. 26
478 -- Broch, Dalsetter (No. 1146). Outer defences -- 3
479 -- Broch, Dalsetter (No. 1146). General view .. .. .. .. .. 3
488 -- Broch, near Clevigarth (No. 1147). Plan -- p. 27
489 -- Broch and associated buildings, Jarshof (No 1149) -- p. 28
491 -- Broch, Jarlshof (No 1149). Interior, from S.E., showing radial walls
and stone box set in floor -- 5
492 -- Broch, Jarlshof (No 1149). Interior, from S.W., showing later internal
wall -- 6
493 -- Broch, Jarlshof (No 1149). Passage between broth wall (right) and
larger circular dwelling (left), from S.W. -- 6
494 -- Broch, Jarlshof (No 1149). Outer wall, from N., with north-western
extension of later buildings in foreground -- 6
495 -- Broch, Jarlshof (No 1149). Outer wall, from W.S.W. -- 6
496 -- Broch, Jarlshof (No 1149). Interior larger circular dwelling, from
S.S.W. -- 7
497 -- Broch, Jarlshof (No 1149). Interior of smaller circular dwelling, from E. -- 7
500 -- Broch, Jarlshof (No 1149). Entrance of smaller circular dwelling, from
S.E. -- 8
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HISTORICAL MONUMENTS (SCOTLAND) COMMISSION.
PARISH -- FIGURE -- NAME -- PLATE OR (p) PAGE
Dunrossness cont. -- 501 -- Broch, Jarlshof (No 1149). Interior of building to N.W. of circular
dwellings, fron N.W. -- 8
513Broch, Jarlshof (No 1149). N.E. segment -- 12
502 -- Fort, Ness of Burgi (No 1154). Site plan -- p. 34
505 -- Fort, Ness of Burgi (No 1154). General view -- 10
506 -- Fort, Ness of Burgi (No 1154). Entrance -- 10
507 -- Fort, Ness of Burgi (No 1154). N.E. cell -- 10
508 -- Fort, Ness of Burgi (No 1154). Plan -- p. 35
503 -- Prehistoric dwelling, Wiltrow (No 1155). Interior of dwelling from en-
trance -- 9
504 -- Prehistoric dwelling, Wiltrow (No 1155).Back chamber, looking out-
wards -- 9
509 -- Prehistoric village settlement, Jarlshof (No 1156) -- p. 37
510 -- Prehistoric village settlement, Jarlshof (No 1156) Dwelling III -- 11
511 -- Prehistoric village settlement, Jarlshof (No 1156) Dwelling V -- 11
512 -- Prehistoric village settlement, Jarlshof (No 1156) Dwelling I -- 12
514 -- Prehistoric village settlement, Jarlshof (No 1156) Slate implements with ser-
rated edges -- 13
515 -- Prehistoric village settlement, Jarlshof (No 1156) Perforated blades of slate -- 14
516 -- Prehistoric village settlement, Jarlshof (No 1156) Socketed bone chisels -- 14
517 -- Prehistoric village settlement, Jarlshof (No 1156) Quartz scrapers -- 14
528 -- Standing stone, Troswick (No 1157) -- 16
521 -- Mound of burnt stones, Exnaboe (No. 1162). Structure resembling an
entrance passage -- 15
524 -- Mound of burnt stones, Exnaboe (No. 1162). General view -- 15
519 -- Mound of burnt stones, Braefield (No 1168) Plan -- p. 42
554 -- Steatite workings, Cunningsburgh (No 1178) -- 20
520 -- Ogham inscription from St Ninian's Kirk (No 1185 -- p. 44
531 -- Broch of Mousa (No 1206). General plan at ground level -- p. 49
532 -- Broch of Mousa (No 1206). Sections of cells -- p. 50
533-4 -- Broch of Mousa (No 1206). Sections -- pp 51-2
535 -- Broch of Mousa (No 1206). Floor -- 17
536 -- Broch of Mousa (No 1206). Broken end of sixth gallery -- 17
537 -- Broch of Mousa (No 1206). General view from S.W. -- 17
538-9 -- Broch of Mousa (No 1206). Interior -- 18
540 -- Broch of Mousa (No 1206). Plans of upper galleries -- p. 53
541 -- Broch of Mousa (No 1206). Plan of interior -- p. 54
569 -- Broch of Mousa (No 1206). General view from N. -- 24
Fetlar -- 542 -- Sna Broch (No. 1210). Plan -- p. 56
543 -- Broch, Houbie (No 1212). Plan -- p. 57
544 -- Mound, Turra Field (No 1216) Plan -- p. 58
545 -- Enclosure, Hamara Field (No 1224) Plan -- p. 59
547 -- Enclosure, Hamara Field (No 1224) -- 19
546 -- " Haltadans " (No 1226). Plan -- p. 60
548 -- " Haltadans " (No 1226). -- 19
549 -- Funzie Girt Dyke (No 1227) -- 19
552-3 -- Steatite workings, Houbie (No. 1231) -- 20
Lerwick -- 556 -- Fort Charlotte (No 1244). Plan -- p. 63
460 -- Broch of Clickhimin (No 1246). General view from E. -- Frontispiece
557 -- Broch of Clickhimin (No 1246) General plan at ground level -- p. 65
558 -- Broch of Clickhimin (No 1246) General sections, and plan at upper
levels -- p. 67
559 -- Broch of Clickhimin (No 1246) Sections -- p. 68
560 -- Broch of Clickhimin (No 1246) Main entrance to tower -- 21
561 -- Broch of Clickhimin (No 1246) North-eastern subsidiary entrance -- 21
562 -- Broch of Clickhimin (No 1246) Outer wall, with entrance passage -- 21
563-4 -- Broch of Clickhimin (No 1246) Forework -- 22
565 -- Broch of Clickhimin (No 1246) Stair -- 23
566 -- Broch of Clickhimin (No 1246) Gallery in S. sector -- 23
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PARISH -- FIGURE -- NAME -- PLATE OR (p) PAGE
Lerwick-cont. -- 567-8 -- Broch of Clickhimin (No. 1246). Interior -- 23
570 -- Broch of Clickhimin (No. 1246). General view showing causeway -- 24
571 -- Broch of Clickhimin (No. 1246). Stone bearing footprint marks -- 24
572 -- Broch of Clickhimin (No. 1246). North-eastern subsidiary entrance -- 24
573 -- Broch of Clickhimin (No. 1246). Plan, after Dryden -- p. 70
574 -- Broch of Burland (No. 1247). Plan -- p. 71
575 -- Broch of Burland (No. 1247). Plan of entrance passage and interior
walls -- p. 71
578 -- Broch of Burland (No. 1247). Eastern face of wall -- 25
579 -- Broch of Burland (No. 1247). General view from N.W. -- 25
576 -- Fragment of sculptured stone from Lerwick Museum (No. 1252) -- p. 73
529 -- Standing stone, Yaa Field (No 1259 -- 16
584 -- Cairn Wester Heog (No 1260) -- 26
585 -- Cairn The Heog (No 1261) -- 26
577 -- Cross-slab, St Lawrence's Church, Papil (No 1266) -- p. 75
586 -- The Papil Stone (No 1266) -- 27
597 -- Entrance to underground structure, Brandsiclett (No. 1267) -- 29
530 -- Standing stone, Mid Field (No 1268) -- 16
583 -- Cairn, Ruff Loch (No. 1269) -- 26
Nesting -- 526 -- Standing stone, Skellister (No. 1287) -- 16
591 -- Cairn Noness Head (No 1288) Plan -- p. 80
613 -- Cairn Noness Head (No 1288) -- 32
592 -- The Lunnasting Stone (No. 1301) -- p. 82
599 -- Fort, Loch of Huxter (No. 1316) -- 30
601 -- Fort, Loch of Huxter (No. 1316) Plan -- p. 84
527 -- Standing town, Skaw Voe (No 1317) -- 16
580 -- Cairn, Pettigarths Field (No 1320) -- 26
555 -- Cup-markings, Brough (No 1334) -- 20
Northmaven -- 602 -- Broch, Hamnavoe (No. 1353) Plan -- p. 90
603 -- Broch, (probable), Fethaland (No 1355) Plan -- p. 91
604 -- Indeterminate structure, Roer Water (No 1356). Plan -- p. 92
593 -- The Giants' Stones, Hamnavoe (No 1358) -- 29
605 -- March Cairn, Hamars of Houlland (No. 1362) Plan -- p. 94
614 -- March Cairn, Hamars of Houlland (No. 1362) Plan -- 32
610 -- Chambered cairn, Ronas Hill (No. 1364). Entrance to chamber -- 32
612 -- Chambered cairn, Ronas Hill (No. 1364). General view -- 32
615 -- Chambered cairn, Ronas Hill (No. 1364). Plan and section of chamber -- p.97
606 -- Heel-shaped cairn, Punds Water (No 1367) Chamber -- 31
607 -- Heel-shaped cairn, Punds Water (No 1367) Passage -- 31
608 -- Heel-shaped cairn, Punds Water (No 1367) General view -- 31
616 -- Heel-shaped cairn, Punds Water (No 1367) Plan -- p.96
611 -- Heel-shaped cairn, Mangaster (No 1368) -- 32
617 -- Heel-shaped cairn, Mangaster (No 1368) Plan -- p. 97
523 -- Mound of burnt stones, Burnside (No 1369). Cist-like cavity -- 15
550-1 -- Steatite workings, Fethaland (No. 1337) -- 20
676 -- Heel-shaped cairn, Gateside (Appendix, No. 1) Plan -- p. 169
Sandsting -- 498 -- Broch, West Burra Firth (No. 1393) -- 8
618 -- 498 -- Broch, West Burra Firth (No. 1393) Plan -- p. 100
589 -- Broch, Culswick (No 1397). Entrance -- 28
590 -- Broch, Culswick (No 1397). General view -- 28
596 -- Indeterminate structure, S. of Stanydale (No 1401) -- 29
620 -- Indeterminate structure, S. of Stanydale (No 1401) Plan -- p. 102
594 -- Standing stones, Gravlaba (No 1403) -- 29
645 -- Standing stone, Yahaarwell (No 1405) -- 36
634 -- Cairn, Loch of Vaara (No 1419) -- 34
621 -- Heel-shaped cairn, Seli Voe (No. 1428) Plan -- p. 106
631 -- Cairn, Craw Knowe, Seli Voe (No. 1431) -- 34
632 -- Cairn, Ladie Hill (No. 1433) -- 34
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HISTORICAL MONUMENTS (SCOTLAND) COMMISSION.
PARISH -- FIGURE -- NAME -- PLATE OR (p) PAGE
Sandsting - cont. -- 635 -- Cairn, Ward of Browland (No. 1436) -- 34
622 -- Heel-shaped cairn, Ward of Silwick (No 1440). Plan -- p. 108
598 -- Heel-shaped cairn, Vivilie Loch (No.1442) -- 29
623 -- Heel-shaped cairn, Vivilie Loch (No.1442). Plan of chamber -- p. 109
624 -- Heel-shaped cairn, Turdale Water (No. 1445). Plan -- p. 110
636 -- Cairn, Groni Field (No. 1446) -- 34
633 -- Cairn, Wester Houran (No.1447) -- 34
625 -- Heel-shaped cairn, Vementry (No. 1493). Plan -- p. 115
626 -- Heel-shaped cairn, Vementry (No. 1493). Chamber -- 33
627 -- Heel-shaped cairn, Vementry (No. 1493). From N., showing platform -- 33
629 -- Heel-shaped cairn, Vementry (No. 1493). Façade, from E. -- 33
630 -- Heel-shaped cairn, Vementry (No. 1493). Façade, from S.S.E. -- 33
Tingwall -- 637 -- Scalloway Castle (No. 1498). Plan -- p. 118
641 -- Scalloway Castle (No. 1498). N.E. corner -- 35
642 -- Scalloway Castle (No. 1498). General view from S.E. -- 35
587 -- Broch, Wadbister Ness (No.1499) -- 28
643 -- Standing stone, Mailland (No.1504) -- 36
648 -- Standing stone, L. of Tingwall (No. 1505) -- 36
638 -- Heel-shaped cairn, Gillaburn (No. 1506). Plan -- p. 121
582 -- Cairn, The Hamars (No. 1507) -- 26
639 -- Cairn, Nesbister Hill (No. 1509). Plan -- p. 122
640 -- Two-storeyed cist, Little Asta (No. 1510). Section -- p. 123
Unst -- 649 -- Cross-slab, Farmgord Chapel (No. 1539) -- p. 127
650 -- Lunda Wick Church (No. 1541) Plan -- p. 128
663 -- Lunda Wick Church (No. 1541) Inscription on tombstone of Segebad Detken -- 39
665 -- Lunda Wick Church (No. 1541) Rude stone crosses -- 40
651 -- Muness Castle (No. 1543). "Gun-hole" -- p. 129
652 -- Muness Castle (No. 1543). Plan -- p. 130
654 -- Muness Castle (No. 1543). N. tower and W. turret -- 37
655 -- Muness Castle (No. 1543). General view from S. -- 37
659 -- Broch of Hoga Ness (No. 1545). Plan--p. 132
658 -- Broch of Underhoull (No. 1547). The ditch -- 38
660 -- Broch of Underhoull (No. 1547). Plan -- p. 133
647 -- Standing stone, L. of Bordastubble (No. 1549) -- 36
646 -- Standing stone, Uyea Brick (No. 1552) -- 36
609 -- Heel-shaped cairn, Muckle Heog (No. 1559, 2) -- 31
661 -- Heel-shaped cairn, Muckle Heog (No. 1559, 2) Plan -- p. 137
662 -- Rounds of Tivla, Crussa Field (No. 1561). Plan -- p. 138
595 -- Sculptured stone, Hamarberg (No. 1574) -- 29
600 -- Broch, Balta (No. 1596) -- 30
653 -- Uyea Chapel (No. 1598). W. doorway -- 37
667 -- Uyea Chapel (No. 1598). Plan -- p. 144
668 -- Fragments of sculptured stone from Uyea (No. 1601) -- p. 145
Walls and Sandness -- 588 -- Broch, Burga Water (No. 1606) -- 28
669 -- Underground structure, Norby (No. 1612). Plan -- p. 147
522 -- Whirwill Knowe (No.1655) -- 15
670 -- Symbol stone formerly at Sandness Church (No.1662) -- p. 152
Yell -- 671 -- Kirk of Ness (No. 1712). Plan -- p. 158
672 -- Kirk of Ness (No. 1712) After Dryden -- p. 158
664 -- Reafirth Chapel (No. 1713). Tombstone of Gilbert Neven and Katharine Umphary -- 40
666 -- Reafirth Chapel (No. 1713). Tombstone of Barbara Kennedy -- 40
656 -- Broch, Burra Ness (No. 1716) -- 38
673 -- Broch, Holm of Copister (No. 1720). Plan -- p. 162
657 -- Fort, Burgi Geos (No. 1724) -- 38
674 -- Fort, Burgi Geos (No. 1724) After Irvine -- -p. 164
581 -- Cairn, Sands of Breckin (No. 1726) -- 26
675 -- Cairn and standing stone, Clody (No.1750). Plan, after Irvine -- p. 168
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NOTE ON BIBLIOGRAPHY
A selected bibliography, with a list of abbreviated titles used in references to
literature, will be found in Vol. i, p. xxii
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INVENTORY
OF
ANCIENT AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS AND CONSTRUCTIONS
IN SHETLAND, ASSIGNED TO A DATE PRIOR TO 1707
Descriptions of Monuments are arranged by parishes, the larger islands embraced within a
parish being treated separately. The reference numbers in Roman numerals, which will be
found at the end of each description, indicate the sheet of the 6-inch Ordnance Survey map on
which the monument in question may be found. The dates on which the monuments were
visited are likewise shown. Topographical descriptions refer to the most recent edition of
the 6-inch O.S. map, namely that revised in 1900. But incases where the forms of place-
names given on the 1-inch O.S. map, as revised in 1928 and 1929, differ from those
given on the 6-inch map, the form given on the 1-inch map is adopted as being the more
authoritative. Marginal inscriptions on tombstones usually begin at the "top left-hand"
corner, i.e. that which corresponds to the top dexter corner of a shield. The point at
which these inscriptions begin is consequently not stated specifically unless it is other than
this corner. The occurrence of square brackets in an inscription indicates that the letters or
words within them are illegible but have been restored, a note of interrogation being prefixed
when the restoration is uncertain; letters or words which appear in round brackets have been
inserted for the sake of clarity but have never existed on the stone.
[left column]
PARISH OF BRESSAY
ECCLESIASTICAL MONUMENTS.
1083. St Mary's Church, [endnote 1] Cullingsburgh.-Ad-
joining the site of the broch of Cullingsburgh
(No. 1086) stands the fragmentary ruin of what
Dryden describes as the one cruciform church
recognizable in Shetland. Its major axis lies
approximately E. and W., but nothing now re-
mains to suggest that the whole has had the
form of a cross. The S. transept has been de-
molished, and in the other divisions a dry-stone
dyke takes the place of most of the walling, but
old masonry can be observes both at the E.
end and in the N. transept gable. All of the
latter is apparently dry-built, although it may
be that it was mortared with clay, which the
weather has washed out, leaving the joints bare.
The nave has been about 21 ft. 6 in. long by
10 ft wide, measured within walls about 2 ft.
3 in. thick. The chancel, similar in width, has
been no more than 6 ft long. The N. transept
is 12 ft. long by 8 ft. 6 in. wide, within walls
2 ft. and 2 ft. 3 in. thick.
Although the fabric was an almost complete
ruin when surveyed by Dryden in 1855, [endnote 2]
enough remained to indicate the position of a
central E. window in the chancel, while a lin-
telled window in the gable of the N. transept
was still intact
1
[right column]
TOMBSTONES.-Inside the church are three
tombstones.
(1) A slab 5 ft. 1 in. long and 2ft. 3 in. wide
displays two shields, one above the other. The
upper one is charged: Three wolves' heads
erased, a crescent at fess point as difference, for
Robertson. Flanking the shield are the letters
A R, below each of which is what may be an
adaption of the pierced hands, feet, and heart
symbolic of the Passion, the dexter set having
a five-petalled rose above. The lower shield,
which occupies the central position on the stone,
bears a rude representation of three bars
ermine, for Gifford, and is flanked by the
initials A and G. An incised marginal inscriptions-
ion, beginning at the top dexter corner, reads:
HEIR LYIS ANE VER/TVOVS & DISCREIT GENTLE-
WOMAN/AGNES GIFFERD/SPOVSE TO ANDROW
ROBERTSONE, followed by an open hand and
continuing below the shield, WHA DECEAST/
VPON YE XX OF/OCTOBER 1628. At the bottom
of the stone is a skull with crossbones.
(2) A slab of blue slate, 6ft. 5 in. long by
2 ft. 3 1/2 in. wide, having an incised inscription
at the top, and a circular panel, 1 ft. 9 in. in
diameter, in the middle, displays in a sunk
field a finely wrought achievement. The shield
is charged with a swan crowned, and is sur-
mounted by a helm with wreath and mantling.
The crest is a swan's neck and head crowned.
The inscription in Dutch runs: HEIR LEYT
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BRESSAY.] HISTORICAL MONUMENTS (SCOTLAND) COMMISSION. [BRESSAY.
[LEFT COLUMN ]
BEGRAVEN DE / MANHAFTEN COMMANDEVR /
CLAES IANSEN BRVYN VAN / DVRGERDAM
GESTORVEN / IN DIENST VAN DE NEEDER /
LANTSE OOSTINDISE COM/PANGIE ADY 27
AVGVSTY A 1636. ("Here lies buried the brave
commander Claes Jansen Bruyn of Durgerdam,
died in the service of the Dutch East India Com-
many on the 27th of August in the year 1636.")
HISTORICAL NOTE.-In 1635 the sailor here
commemorated had been in command of a
[Figure Inserted]
FIG. 461- St Mary's Church, Cullingsburgh (No 1083);
after Dryden.
squadron which was chasing Portuguese galleons
off the coast of Mozambique. His ship, the
Amboina, left Surat for home on February 9th
of the following year. Delayed by contrary
winds, she did not reach the Cape of Good Hope
until May 6th, thus missing her consorts, who
sailed without her. Starting alone three days
later, she encountered violent gales and lost
twenty-nine of her crew through an outbreak of
disease. Many of the survivors were weakened
by illness. Indeed when she at last made
Bressay Sound on August 26th, only twenty
healthy remained. Her captain died next
day. The Ammonia herself lay off Bressay for
many weeks until the invalids recovered. She
finally brought her cargo of Persian silk safely
to the Texel on October 16th. Durgerdam was
a small village on the Zuider Zee, near Amster-
dam [endnote 3]
(3) A table-stone, 6 ft. 2 in. by 3 ft. 31/2 in.,
rests on four square baluster legs. In a sunk
panel at the top, two shields accollée with a
heart above are flanked by scroll-work. The
dexter one only is legible and is charged:
Within a bordure, a chevron couped between
[RIGHT COLOMN]
three (? leopards' heads cabossed). An inscrip-
ion below the shields is almost obliterated and
all that can be made out is: HERE LYIS IN HOPE
OF A BLESSED RE/SURRECTION [? THE BODIE] OF
MARGA/RET .. O ... [? A VERTVOVS GENTLEWO]
/MAN. At the foot is a sunk panel, which con-
tains, beginning from the dexter side, an hour-
glass, crossbones, a skull, a coffin, and again
crossbones.
(4) A slab in the graveyard, 6ft. 4 in. by
2 ft. 10 in., has borne a shield at the top and a
skull, crossbones, and an hour-glass in a sunk
panel at the bottom, as well as an inscription in
the centre. Charges and letters are illegible.
The famous " Bressay Stone," which is be-
lived to have been found near the ruins of this
church, is described separately under No. 1084.
[ENDNOTES]
1 Sibbald, Description, p. 29. 2 Ecces. Arch.
Scot., i, p. 157. 3 P.S.A.S., lxix (1934-5),
pp. 36-40.
liii & liiiA. 9 July 1930.
1084. Sculptured Stone from Cullingsburgh.-
This stone (Figs 476 and 477), popularly known
as the Bressay Stone and believed to have been
originally found near the ruins of St. Mary's
Church at Cullingsburgh (No. 1083), is now pre-
served in the National Museum of Antiquities.
It is of chlorite schist and measures 3 ft. 9 in.
in height, being 1 ft. 4 in. wide at the top, 1 ft.
wide at the bottom, and 1 3/4 in. thick.
It is sculptured in relief on the two broad
faces and inscribed on the narrow edges:-
"Front (Fig. 476). - Near the top of the stone
is a cross with arms having expanded ends,
within a circle. The whole of the cross and the
spaces between the arms are covered with inter-
laced work...At each of the upper corners
of the slab, above the circular cross, is a monster
disgorging or swallowing a small human figure
placed between the two...On each side of the
circular cross are traces of interlaced ornament.
"Immediately under the circular cross, in the
centre, is a man on horseback and on each side
an ecclesiastic with pointed hood, crosier, and
book-satchel slung over the shoulder. Above
the horseman to the right is an S-shaped object
like a serpent, and on the left a small equal-
armend cross incised.
" Below the figures just described is a piece of
plait-work composed of four bands, and two
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BRESSAY.] INVENTORY OF MONUMENTS IN SHETLAND. [BRESSAY.
[LEFT COLUMN]
beasts, one below the other. The upper one
has the tail curled over its back and the lower
one resembles a fat pig.
[FIGURE INSERTED]
FIG> 462.-Ogham inscriptions on the
Bressay Stone (No. 1084).
(By Courtesy of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.)
"Back (Fig. 477).-Divided into three panels
containing (1) a circular cross composed in inter-
laced rings, surrounded, along the top and sides,
by two twisted bands forming loops in each
[RIGHT COLUMN]
corner; and along the bottom side by two
twisted bands combined with circular rings;
(2) a pair of beasts with curling tails and open
mouths facing each other; and (3) two ecclesi-
astics standing opposite to each other with
pointed hoods, crosiers, and book-satchels.
"Right Side.-An ogham inscription on a
stem line along the centre of the face in four
words divided by double points, reading from
the bottom upwards.
"Left Side.-A similar inscription to that on
the right side in three words, also reading from
the bottom upwards.
"The Bressay Stone is described and illus-
traded in Stuart's Sculptured Stones (vol i,
plates 94 and 95 and p.30); D Wilson's Pre-
historic Annals of Scotland (2nd ed. vol. ii,
p. 240); the Journal of the British Archaeolo-
logical Institute (vol. xxviii, p. 181).
"Readings of the inscription will be found in
R. Brash's Ogam Inscribed Monuments (p. 355);
Sir J. Ferguson's Ogham Inscriptions (p. 135);
by Dr Graves in the Proceedings of the Royal
Irish Academy (vol. vi, p. 248); by the Rt.
Hon. the Earl of Southeast in the Proc. Soc.
Ant. Scot. (vol. xviii, pp. 186-98); and by
Professor John Rhys, LL.D., in the Proc. Soc.
Ant. Scot. (vol. xxvi, p. 297).
"The way in which the inscription is cut on
a stem line, with vowels represented by cross
strokes instead of notches on the angle of the
stone, with points between each word, and other
peculiarities, shows that it belongs to the later
or scholastic variety of ogham writing found
in the Book of Ballymote and other Irish MSS.,
ranging in date from the ninth to the seven-
teenth centuries." [endnote 1]
Rhys, in the paper referred to above, reads the
two lines of oghams together as meaning "The
cross of Natdad's daughter, child of Maqq-
ddrroann", which cannot be regarded as certain.
It is possible that the oghams were cut on the
stone at some time subsequent to its first erection.
[ENDNOTES]
1 E.C.M., iii, pp. 6-8.
DEFENSIVE WORKS.
1085. Broch, Ness Sound.-This ruined broch
(Fig. 480) is situated at the extremity of a rocky
headland close to the ferry between the islands
of Bressay and Noss, its position being marked
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