Gyldensåsten
The Gyldensåsten (also called DK Bh 51, DR 390 or Østermarie 1) is one of six rune stones found at Østermarie , of about 40 rune stones on the Danish island of Bornholm . He's at Svaneke Church .
In 1624, the pastor reported that the stone lay with the writing down as a clapper bridge over the Gyldensåen stream. Ole Worm (1588–1654) states that the bridge was near Gyldensgård and the stone came from a nearby hill. The stone, rediscovered in 1819, after being built into a new bridge over the river in 1840, was returned to the Svaneke cemetery in 1852, and later to Svaneke Church. Today he is in the cemetery north of the church. It has been dug so deep that the bottom four to five runes are hidden. A copy of the stone was placed in 1945 at the presumed site in the parking lot near the large burial mound west of Gyldenså.
description
The stone made of blue-gray granite with scattered red inclusions has a height of about 3.0 m, a width of 83 cm and a thickness of 32 cm. The inscription, beginning at the bottom left, made of runes at the edge, 8.5 to 12 cm high, reads: “Bove had the stone carved for his good father Økil. Christ help his soul. "
Nearby is the passage grave Hallebrøndshøj and five other rune stones.
literature
- Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politics bog om Danmarks oldtid . Copenhagen 2002 ISBN 87-567-6458-8 , p. 231.
- Leif Vognsen: . Runest Danmarks. Runesten på Bornholm - bevaringarbejdet 1986–1990. København 1992, pp. 28-29.
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Coordinates: 55 ° 8 ′ 3.3 ″ N , 15 ° 8 ′ 32.4 ″ E