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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Kjølevik RunestoneCountry: Norway Fylke: Rogaland Type: Carving
Nearest Town: Stavanger Nearest Village: Tau
Latitude: 59.106543N Longitude: 5.955985E
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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The Kjølevik runestone is one of the most important runestone with older norse runes found in Norway, it is beautifully preserved and the runic inscription is one of the longest found in Norway in older runes. The original stone was moved to the university ancient collection museum in Oslo, In 1982, a copy was placed close to the original site.
A copy of the Kjølevik stone was made by Kåre Tveit and unveiled in 1982 at Kjølevik, Strand in Ryfylke. The original was found 100 years earlier in the ceiling of a potato cellar in Kjølevik by a local farmer. A year later, this original stone was moved to the collection of the University of Oslo, where it is now exhibited. The inscription of Old Norse runes probably dates back to the time of migrations in 400-450 AD.
The runic inscription has been translated as follow: "Hagulaik lies buried here, I Hagustaldr buried my son."
Even though no grave was found near the stone, it is probably a grave marker stone because of the runic text.
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