Etikett: Raised Stones
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Advent calendar Flap 2, the Bautasten in Runsten
Flap 2Behind flap number two in the Advent calendar hides the Bautasten in Runsten on the island of Öland. A bautasten is a type of standing stone that is known in other parts of Europe as a menhir. The word bautasten comes from the Old Norse bautarsteinn or bautasteinn. Bauta meant “to strike,” perhaps referring…
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Tingsflisan
En svensk version av texten finns längre ner på sidan. English: Just southeast of Köpings Church in Köpingsvik, on the Swedish island of Öland, the Tingsflisa rises towards the sky atop a mound. ”Flisa” (Shard) is a dialectal word for erected limestone stones, like the runestone inscribed here. This is indeed a runestone designated Öl…
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Inglinge Hög
En svensk version av texten finns längre ner på sidan. English: Inglinge Hög A few miles south of Växjö in Sweden lies Inglinge Hög, also known as King Inge’s mound. This site has long been important and a popular stopping point when traveling between Värend and Blekinge. Inglinge Hög is the name of the largest…
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The Velanda Runestone
En svensk version av texten finns under den engelska. English: The Velanda Runestone May Thor Hallow!” Thus ends the inscription on this very unusual Swedish runestone. The Velandastenen, or Vg 150 as it is also known, stands by a small gravel road in Väne-Åsaka, Trollhättan Municipality. It is one of nearly 200 known runestones from…
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Odens Flisor
During my recent trip to the Swedish island of Öland I visited a small grave field in Högsrum, near Borgholm. It contains around 40 graves dating to the Iron Age. Around six of these graves have been excavated in the beginning of the 20th century. The archaeological excavation resulted in human remains and some everyday…
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Dye Domarring
On a hill in the woods just outside of Karlstad lies Dye Domarring. We are now in the province of Värmland, Sweden and the wood were the monument is located used to be a training area for the military regiment I2. So the wood is often called I2 skogen among locals. This hill seems to…
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