The carved red sandstone head features intricate detailing across the entire face. The discovery may have a link to St. Magnus Cathedral, Britain’s northernmost cathedral. Beneath the 18th-century Skaill Farm in Scotland’s Orkney archipelago sits a medieval Viking-era settlement. The stone stared right back, exposing a finely carved head of red sandstone with yellow inclusions, likely quarried from the island of Eday. As excavation removed the internal floors, student Katie Joss found the sandstone face.