<< Our Photo Pages >> Einangssteinen - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Norway in Oppland
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Einangssteinen Alternative Name: GarbergsteinenCountry: Norway Fylke: Oppland Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Fagernes Nearest Village: Slidre
Latitude: 61.085826N Longitude: 9.012437E
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 |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
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| 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 |
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lichen visited on 22nd Jun 2017 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4
This runestone is the oldest runestone in North Europe that is still standing on its original place! The runic inscription is made in the older futhark runic alphabet. The stone and inscription has been dated to around 300AD. It is read from top to bottom.
The inscription of the stone has been translated to "I, Gudgjest carved these runes".
The runes were invented around year 0 and was in use up until the 1400s. It was in use in most of the northern Europe. In this early stage of the runic inscriptions, it was probably been in use only for symbolic or ritual purposes. Around year 700, the runes were changing into what we know today as younger or later futhark. Around 50 inscriptions are known in Norway from the old period.
It is placed in the south-east corner of the major burial cemetery of Einang. The stone has probably been a part of this extensive burial cemetery, but I have put them in two different sites on this site because I think the stone itself is so special it deserves to be put in its own site.
The stone stands on a large and flat burial cairn that does not elevate much from the surrounding terrain, and no stones are visible on the surface due to the growth of small plants and moss. The cairn under the stone has been excavated, but it was already plundered in ancient times, so nothing was found that could say anything about who was laid to rest in this cairn. Artifacts from other cairns and mounds in this large burial cemetery is however been found.
The stone itself measures about 1.5 metres in height, around 1 metre wide and about 20-30cm wide.
The stone has for several hundreds of years been standing in a tilting position with the runes on the lower side towards the ground. This has protected them against the elements and made them less eroded. In 1706, the stone was set upright and used as a border stone between the areas of Einang and Nesja.
A framework with glass walls has been built recently to protect the stone and the inscription. It obscures the "natural" look and view over the cemetery and the stone in context with each other, but it is however necessary to protect it from erosion.
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