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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Skånumstenen Alternative Name: Grolanda 19:1 / Vg 130Country: Sweden
NOTE: This site is 1.812 km away from the location you searched for.
Landskap: Västergötland Type: Carving
Nearest Town: Falköping Nearest Village: Skånum
Latitude: 58.086450N Longitude: 13.421320E
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 |
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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 |
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CharcoalBurner89 visited on 23rd Aug 2023 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Easily accessible runestone in a farmer's field. Nettles are the biggest problem in this case.
DrewParsons have visited here
This rune stone is 2.4 metre high and carries the inscription "Gudmund raised this stone after Eskil, his brother, a very good young man. Trygge (?) carved". It was restored in 1934. The runestone had quite a lot of lichen on it in September 2011. To reach the site drive south from Falköping on the Jäla road and continue through Skånum hamlet. 450 meters past the cross roads in Skånum a farm lane on the right (north) runs back at an acute angle. The rune stone is approximately 130 metres back down this lane opposite some farm barns. References: References: Riksantikvarieämbetet Fornsök: Grolanda 19:1; Archaeological Sites of Interest in the Falbygden Area, Falköping Town/Museum brochure.
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