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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Øverby RunestoneCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 3.068 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Østfold Type: Carving
Nearest Village: Rakkestad
Latitude: 59.360751N Longitude: 11.327285E
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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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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This runestone was described for the first time as late as 2018. The Øverby runestone once was located on a large forested hill not far from the Øverby farm. It was inside a old barrow cemetery that today have gotten lost. The stone was removed and taken down to the farm in 1905 and was for many years used in the stairs to the front door on the farm.
85 years later when the old house was taken down the stone was again moved and was for many years used as a bench outside the modern house. In 2016 a local man suspected it was runes on the stone and sendt a photo to the office for antiquities and official research could be done on the stone.
The stone is a large flat slab around 2 metres in length and 1,5 metres wide and 20-25cm thick. The runes runs along one of the sides of the slab and there are also a short inscription on the large side close to the edge. This inscription is on the side facing down when I visited the site. The stone has some damage due to beeing used as a step and from natural erotion.
It is unique since it has runes in the older futhark and the stone have been dated back to around 400AD. Very few runestones from this period are known from Norway.
The inscription was interpreted to mean: "Carved raske (skilled), Iril, runes for Isni"
The word Iril is found on several runestones from this period and is believed to be some sort of title, possibly runecarver.
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