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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Amla Runestone Alternative Name: Øvre AmlaCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 3.3 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Sogn og Fjordane Type: Carving
Nearest Town: Sogndal
Latitude: 61.180719N Longitude: 7.267327E
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 |
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It is only about 1.40 metre in height, about 1 meter wide and about 20-30cm thick with sharp edges, making it appear like a polished slab. Almost like a modern tombstone, but it is about 1400 years old!
The stone was discovered in 1903 under the soil during farming work, and the runic inscription was found on the upper side of the stone. It was raised again on this spot. There were no graves found under the stone, only a similar stone without runes nearby. The text shows however, that the stone was a grave marker.
The runes are made in the older futhark like the Einangen runestone, and the stone has been dated back to the age of wondering, around 600AD. The runes are going from top to bottom close to the edge on the large flat side of the stone. They have been translated to mean something like "The archer was put in a mound here". Who was this archer, and where is his mound?? nobody knows, he is lost to history and his grave probably never found, but at least we have his very pretty gravestone!
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