- Runestone found in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland
The Eigg Runestone Photo: Camille Dressler Late last year, a runic boulder was found by a resident on the island of Eigg, part of the Inner Hebrides Eigg has an ancient history, showing settlement by both Gaelic and Norse people It was a Viking habitation and a base for their trade with Ireland a thousand years ago
- About The Rune Cast | The Rune Cast - runforum. nordiska. uu. se
About The Rune Cast Maja and the Sparlösa runestone Photo: Maja Bäckvall From writing your name on a spear, to commemorating your parents with a runestone, to passing secret notes in church, runes were a central writing system in Northern Europe for centuries
- “Bite me” runestones - The Rune Blog
Here, I would only like to pay attention to a detail of the ship prow’s animal head: its “rat-like” teeth This may not have any particular significance, but I notice that an even more impressive set of needle-like teeth is found on the Grällsta runestone (Vs 27) in the province of Västmanland
- “Rök Runestone Revisited” gets grant | The Rune Blog
Per Holmberg has received a grant from the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) for a project entitled “Rök Runestone Revisited”
- Kensington and the Greenland saga | The Rune Blog
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- Episode 3: The younger futhark and Viking Age runestones
In this episode, I’m all on my own, talking a bit about the younger futhark and the runestones of 11th century Sweden I also act as a runic tourist guide, telling the listeners to visit Jelling if they have the chance and introducing the new slogan Come to Uppland: Rune Country Inscriptions mentioned in this episode: The Jelling stones and the monuments of Jelling: U 1011 Örby, now in the
- A prodigal runestone has returned! - The Rune Blog
The runestone U 874 was noticed and depicted several times in the 17th century and again as late as in the 19th At the time, it was used as threshold for the door into the church porch But the church was partly torn down in the late 1830s and the runestone has not been spotted since
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