Gjerde building stone
The building stone of Gjerde is a menhir in the cemetery of Etne on the Etnefjorden in Gjerde in Fylke Vestland in Norway .
The building stone, which is about 6.0 meters high and 40 cm wide, is almost vertical and has a round cross-section and a sharp point. The surface is smooth compared to other menhirs. In modern times someone has carved a cross almost at the top of the stone .
Some menhirs are not related to recognized graves. It may be that they served as a boundary marker. This includes several stones in Fana in Bergen , where there was a historical border in Hordaland in the Middle Ages.
Nearby are the rock carvings on Helgaberget , the rune stone from Grindheim and the building stones from Erland .
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Coordinates: 59 ° 39 '50 " N , 5 ° 56" 5.6 " E