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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Runsten Ög 179 Alternative Name: L 1172
Country: Sweden
NOTE: This site is 0.73 km away from the location you searched for.
Landskap: Östergötland Type: Carving
Nearest Town: Vadstena
Latitude: 58.450600N Longitude: 14.892240E
Condition:

5	Perfect
4	Almost Perfect
3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0	No data.
-1	Completely destroyed

3 Ambience:

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4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
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3 Access:

5	Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4	Short walk on a footpath
3	Requiring a bit more of a walk
2	A long walk
1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5	co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4	co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3	co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2	co-ordinates of the nearest village
1	co-ordinates of the nearest town
0	no data

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**Runsten Ög 179** submitted by CharcoalBurner89 : August 24, 2023 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Runestone in Östergötland

- Runtext: … …i : stin : þonsi : ʀfti : ʀskil faþur sin :

- Fornvästnordiska: … … stein þenna eptir Áskel, fǫður sinn.

- Runsvenska: … … stæin þannsi æftiʀ Æskel, faður sinn.

- Translation (English): … this stone in memory of Áskell, his father.

Dating: 1010–1050 A.D.

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