Radiocarbon Dating of St Magnus Reliquary – “it may be Scotland’s earliest surviving wooden reliquary”
Research by a UHI Archaeology Institute PhD student suggests the wooden box said to have contained the remains of St Magnus is contemporary with the martyrdom of the 12th century earl. The St…
Radiocarbon Dating of St Magnus Reliquary – “it may be Scotland’s earliest surviving wooden reliquary”
Research by a UHI Archaeology Institute PhD student suggests the wooden box said to have contained the remains of St Magnus is contemporary with the martyrdom of the 12th century earl. The St Magnus reliquary on display at the Orkney Museum, Kirkwall. Image credit: Jenny Murray The box was recovered in March 1919, during extensive renovation work in the cathedral. Within it were human bones, the skull showing clear signs of injury.
