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<< Our Photo Pages >> Böksta Backe - Sculptured Stone in Sweden in Uppland

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Tuesday, 13 September 2016  Page Views: 1621

Multi-periodSite Name: Böksta Backe Alternative Name: Upplands runinskrifter 855
Country: Sweden
NOTE: This site is 7.928 km away from the location you searched for.

Landskap: Uppland Type: Sculptured Stone

Latitude: 59.768881N  Longitude: 17.412279E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Böksta Backe
Böksta Backe submitted by SolarMegalith : The horseman with spear might be Odin with his spear Gungnir, but the horse has only four legs, unlike eight-legged Sleipnir, the horse of Odin in Norse mythology (photo taken on August 2016). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Sculptured Stone in Uppland

The Böksta runestone is 2.6m high, it is decorated with a representation of a man on horseback with a spear who is hunting animals. A smaller figure of man on skis with a bow probably represents a Norse god Ullr, while the birds might be Huginn and Muninn, in Norse mythology two ravens who informed Odin about news from Midgard.
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Böksta Backe
Böksta Backe submitted by SolarMegalith : Norse god Ullr on skis (photo taken on August 2016). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Böksta Backe
Böksta Backe submitted by SolarMegalith : A general view of Böksta runestone (photo taken on August 2016). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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