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<< Our Photo Pages >> Skånumstenen - Carving in Sweden in Västergötland

Submitted by DrewParsons on Thursday, 13 October 2011  Page Views: 3097

Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Skånumstenen Alternative Name: Grolanda 19:1 / Vg 130
Country: Sweden
NOTE: This site is 1.812 km away from the location you searched for.

Landskap: Västergötland Type: Carving
Nearest Town: Falköping  Nearest Village: SkÃ¥num
Latitude: 58.086450N  Longitude: 13.421320E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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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.

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Skånumstenen
Skånumstenen submitted by DrewParsons : The carved front of the stone with the adjacent farm barns behind. September 2011. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Rune Stone in Västergötland

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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Skånumstenen
SkÃ¥numstenen submitted by DrewParsons : Detail from the front of the stone. September 2011. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Skånumstenen
SkÃ¥numstenen submitted by DrewParsons : The back of the stone. September 2011. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Skånumstenen
SkÃ¥numstenen submitted by CharcoalBurner89 : August 23, 2023 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Skånumstenen
SkÃ¥numstenen submitted by DrewParsons : The site sign in Swedish. September 2011. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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