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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Baldringestenen Alternative Name: DR 294Country: Sweden Landskap: Skåne Type: Carving
Nearest Town: Ystad Nearest Village: Baldringe socken
Latitude: 55.529900N Longitude: 13.839900E
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: þurkisl × sati × kubl × þausi × aftiʀ × tuma × sban / fruþaʀ sun × faþur × sin harþa kuþan / þikn
- Transcription: Þorgisl satti kumbl þøsi æftiʀ Toma Span Frøþaʀ sun, faþur sin, harþa goþan þægn.
- Translation (Swedish): Torgils (Truls) satte dessa minnesmärken efter sin fader Tomme den spåkunnige, Fröds son, en mycket duglig tägn.
- Translation (English): Torgils (Truls) set these memorials after his father Tomme the soothsayer, Fröds son, a very capable sign.
The stone's original location is unknown. It was found in 1693 and was then inserted into Baldringe's cemetery wall. After that it was lost until it was found again in 1884-85 in connection with a rebuild. The stone was then erected again and today stands thirteen meters west of the church.
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