From Orkney Archaeology Society…..From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…..
by Bernie Bell - 09:05 on 10 March 2025
From Orkney Archaeology Society…..
“Video: A Saint in Stone – the material legacy of the St Magnus in the North Atlantic
By Mark Newton on March 6, 2025
By Jenny Murray, UHI/Shetland Museum
The core of this current study is the objective to tell the story of St Magnus in a different and new way; to widen the narrative beyond the existing hagiographic studies, concentrating instead on the material legacy both in the landscape of his veneration, and related material culture. This talk will build on previous work undertaken by Sarah Jane Gibbon in Orkney, by expanding the record of material relating to the cult of St Magnus in Caithness, Shetland, the Faroes, Iceland and Norway. This is an opportunity to see St Magnus in a new light, and Jenny has some exciting news to share about St Magnus in Orkney!”
To quote Jenny Murray …….
“Funding from the Orkney Archaeology Society allowed me to obtain a radiocarbon date from a small sample of the box lid. This revealed the tree used to construct the box was most likely felled between AD1034 and AD1168.
This is hugely important on many fronts – it may be Scotland’s earliest surviving wooden reliquary, but also strongly suggests that the box was original to the translation of St Magnus’ relics into the cathedral around AD1150, where it remained until 1919”
You can also read an article in the Herald about it…..
…..and there are some extra pics. in the UHI blog….
https://archaeologyorkney.com/2025/03/07/video-saint-in-stone/
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