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<< Our Photo Pages >> Vetteland Rune Stone - Carving in Norway in Rogaland

Submitted by kenntha88 on Thursday, 08 October 2015  Page Views: 1524

Multi-periodSite Name: Vetteland Rune Stone
Country: Norway Fylke: Rogaland Type: Carving
 Nearest Village: Brusand
Latitude: 58.566595N  Longitude: 5.788400E
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
1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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.
4 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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Vetteland Rune Stone
Vetteland Rune Stone submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Rogaland Norway (Vote or comment on this photo)
Carving in Rogaland

The remains of the original Vetteland runestone is today in the Archaeology museum in Stavanger. Originally existed four pieces but only two were found. The first one in 1896 was under flat ground, the farmer that found it broke it in four pieces and removed it from the site. A local teacher came by and saw the runes and saved the pieces from more destruction. The second piece was found in 1939.

The stone is around 1,5 metres in heigth, around 60cm wide and around 15cm thick. It has rounded and smooth sides. The missing pieces have been searched for many times without result. The runic inscription is with the older futhark runes and the stone has been dated to the age of migration, around 300-400 AD.

The surviving inscription have been translated to mean: "I ... raised this stone in memory of my son, my son has been haunted by "flagd" (cursed?). ....carved these runes."
There has been much speculation of what the word "flagd" means. A possible version is that it means curse or magic.

In the map I marked where the original stone was found. A smaller stone has been placed 50 metres NNW of the original site.

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Vetteland Rune Stone
Vetteland Rune Stone submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Rogaland Norway (Vote or comment on this photo)

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