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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Stora Ekstenen Alternative Name: Vg 4 / B 972 / L 1334Country: Sweden
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Landskap: Västergötland Type: Carving
Nearest Town: Mariestad Nearest Village: Stora Ek
Latitude: 58.629930N Longitude: 13.821360E
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: utr : skalt : raisti : stain : þinsi : aftir : þurstain : sun : sin : auk : stain:bru : karþi : (f)(i)(r)(i)(r) : (i)(s) : (a)(t)(i) : (þ)ria : buia : i : homri · auk : þria : tiauku : marka : at : airiki
- Transcription: Oddr Skald reisti stein þenna eptir Þorstein, son sinn, ok steinbrú gerði fyrir. Er átti þrjá býja à hamri ok þrjá tigu marka at EirÃki.
- Translation (Swedish): Udd skald reste denna sten efter Torsten, sin son, och gjorde stenbro för (honom). Han ägde tre gårdar i hammarskifte och trettio marker innestående hos Erik.
- Translation (English): Oddr Skald raised this stone and made the stone-bridge in memory of Þorsteinn, his son. He owned three estates in 'hamarr'-partition and thirty marks (deposit) with EirÃkr.
Year found: -
Dating: 980 - 1015 A.D.
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