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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Papil Pictish Stone Cross SlabCountry: Scotland County: Shetland Type: Class III Pictish Cross Slab
Nearest Town: Scalloway Nearest Village: Papil
Map Ref: HU368315
Latitude: 60.066546N Longitude: 1.340722W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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SandyG visited on 12th Jun 2019 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 3 Access: 5 The perfect condition relates to the original which is now far away in Edinburgh. The replica unlike some others looks like a replica which is disappointing.
jeffrep visited on 12th Jun 2010 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 5
The biggest carving is of a Celtic cross, a symbol of Christianity.
To each side of the cross there are two monks depicted in their typical hooded dress and holding croziers with two of them having satchels hanging from their shoulders - a detail which appears only on sculptured stones from Shetland.
Below the group of monks there is a sophisticated Pictish lion, which might dated the stone to the 8th Century A.D., different from the round headed cross which points to the 7th Century.
Near the base of the stone are two "bird men," which differ much in style from the rest of the sculpture.
The original is in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.
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