Runestone from mountains
The rune stone from Berge (N A10) stands in a field south of the road to Fyresdal in the province of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway .
It is a 1.9 m high cuboid with smooth sides. At the northeast corner there was a runic inscription with 10 characters, but it was weathered down to the legible word "sein". The stone, which used to be used as a pillory , was moved to its current location when the church on Lake Nesvatn was demolished.
An Iron Age grave with some bones, an ax and a spearhead was found at the original and present location of the rune stone . Next to the stone was a large and several smaller round burial mounds , which were removed.
The Skeistein (N160) and the Røykjenesstein are nearby .
literature
- Magnus Olsen: Norges innskrifter med de yngre runer. Utgjeve for Kjeldeskriftfondet med hjelp i forarbeider av Sophus Bugge, Oluf Rygh and Ingvald Undset. Oslo 1951.
- Terje Spurkland, Betsy van der Hoek: Norwegian Runes and Runic Inscriptions Woodbridge Suffolk 2005
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Coordinates: 59 ° 3 '33.9 " N , 8 ° 4' 6.3" E