<< Our Photo Pages >> Rökstenen - Carving in Sweden in Östergötland
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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Rökstenen Alternative Name: Ög 136Country: Sweden Landskap: Östergötland Type: Carving
Nearest Town: Ödeshög Nearest Village: Rök
Latitude: 58.295020N Longitude: 14.775040E
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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CharcoalBurner89 visited on 24th Aug 2023 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Because of the size and the length of the written rune text, it is probably the most impressive rune stone I have seen so far. A really detailed information center is just near the stone by the south of the church.
Oskmey visited on 26th Apr 2019 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 3 Access: 5
Boeddel visited on 1st Jul 1997 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4
LeGuMa visited - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5
Bjorn have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 5 Ambience: 4.25 Access: 4.67
Rökstenen has been placed under a pyramid-shaped wooden roof outside Rök kyrka (church), where it stands some 2,5 meters above ground and more than a meter below ground. There is also a very informative miniature open-air museum that never closes, which makes for an excellent break if you are travelling along the E4 through Östergötland.
If you happen to be in Stockholm and cannot make it to Rök, just go to Bergshamra underground station where Rökstenen has been elaborately reproduced on the northbound platform wall.
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