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A shell pointing the way.
Also known as: Camino shell, Saint James shell, Scallop waymark
The scallop shell marking a pilgrimage route, its ribs conventionally converging toward the destination.
Marks a route as a pilgrimage way and indicates its direction.
Contexts: Navigation, Maps
Its orientation is the instruction, and the convention is not consistent along the whole route: in some stretches the ribs point the way and in others the point does, which is a documented source of confusion among walkers.
Orientation conventions differ along the route.
Contexts: Navigation, Maps
Carried by pilgrims as a badge before it was used as a waymark, so the emblem moved from the person to the road.
Contexts: Navigation, Maps
A stylised scallop shell in tile, metal or paint set into pavements, walls and posts, its ribs radiating from a point.