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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Vadstenastenen Alternative Name: Ög 179 / L 1172Country: Sweden Landskap: Östergötland Type: Carving
Nearest Town: Vadstena
Latitude: 58.450600N Longitude: 14.892240E
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 Östergötland
- Transliteration: … …i : stin : þonsi : ʀfti : ʀskil faþur sin :
- Transcription: … … stein þenna eptir Áskel, fǫður sinn.
- Translation (Swedish): … … stæin þannsi æftiʀ Æskel, faður sinn.
- Translation (English): … this stone in memory of Áskell, his father.
Dating: 1010–1050 A.D.
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