<< Our Photo Pages >> Östra Herrestadstenen - Carving in Sweden in Skåne
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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Östra Herrestadstenen Alternative Name: DR 343Country: Sweden
NOTE: This site is 10.735 km away from the location you searched for.
Landskap: Skåne Type: Carving
Nearest Town: Skurup Nearest Village: Rydsgard
Latitude: 55.465460N Longitude: 13.565510E
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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- Transliteration: bruþiʀ × auk × tuki × raisþu × stain × þansi × aftiʀ × fraþulf × faþur × sin × harþa / kuþan × þiakn ×
- Transcription: Broþiʀ ok Toki resþu sten þænsi æftiʀ Fraþulf/Friþulf, faþur sin, harþa goþan þægn.
- Translation (Swedish): Broder och Toke reste denna sten efter sin fader Fradulf, "en mycket god man".
- Translation (English): Brother and Toke raised this stone after their father Fradulf, "a very good man".
The stone was discovered in the 1880s in the north wall of the church and is now set up in the cemetery next to the western cemetery wall. The inscription is from the younger Viking age and is dated to the years 970-1020.
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