RecordStone with runic inscription< 1 of 1 > Back from Brough of Birsay, Orkney
Stone with runic inscriptionThis stone carved with Norse runes was found reused in a dry-stone dyke on the Brough of Birsay in Orkney. The runes were carved sometime between 1000 and 1200. The stone was carved with three inscriptions, two of which are too faint to read. The third is incomplete, and has been reconstructed as 'filibusranru', perhaps meaning 'Philipus [carved these] runes'. The Vikings colonised the Northern Isles - Orkney and Shetland - from around 800. Birsay was an important Pictish settlement, and continued to be a Scandinavian one, with some degree of overlap. The Scandinavians brought their runic form of writing. Record detailsTo search on related items, click any linked text below.
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