Museums · Scottish Islands
Papil Stone
In or near Hamnavoe.
Papil Stone in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
Sandy Gerrard — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Papil Stone is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Papil Stone is an 8th century carved Pictish cross-slab from a religious site in Papil, West Burra, Shetland. The remains of a church, burials and other Pictish stones have also been found at Papil which suggest it may once have been a monastic site. The Papil stone was discovered in 1887 in the grounds of St Laurence's Church, Papil, by the antiquarian and amateur archaeologist Gilbert Goudie, and is now on display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 60.0664, -1.3371
- District
- Shetland Islands
- Postcode
- ZE2 9UY
- Parliamentary constituency
- Orkney and Shetland
Sources
- wikidata: Q2050771 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Papil Stone (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Papil Stone?
- Papil Stone is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom (postcode ZE2 9UY).
- What is Papil Stone?
- Papil Stone in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Papil Stone?
- Drivers can use postcode ZE2 9UY.
- How do I get to Papil Stone?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode ZE2 9UY. It sits within the Orkney and Shetland parliamentary constituency.