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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Torestorpstenen Alternative Name: Vg 90 / L 1354 / L 1353 / B 944Country: Sweden
NOTE: This site is 1.387 km away from the location you searched for.
Landskap: Västergötland Type: Carving
Nearest Town: Falköping Nearest Village: Torestorp / Håkantorp
Latitude: 58.242890N Longitude: 13.601060E
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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Runestone in Västergötland
- Transliteration: burþiʀ × sati × stin × þonsi × iftiʀ × h(i)--o × sun × sin × harþa × kuþan × trik ×
- Transcription: Bróðir setti stein þenna eptir , son sinn, harða góðan dreng.
- Translation (Swedish): Broder satte denna sten efter H…, sin son, en mycket god ung man.
- Translation (English): Bróðir placed this stone in memory of his son, a very good valiant man.
Year found: -
Dating: 980–1015 A.D.
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