Runestone from Helland
The Runestone Helland (N 245) stands on the eponymous yard Helland, west of Tjelta in Sola in the Fylke Rogaland in Norway .
The stone is decorated with ornaments in the Ringerike style . The inscription in younger Futhark was common in western Norway in the Viking Age . Very often the inscriptions contain information about family relationships. Most are raised in memory of dead people, but sometimes they also served as their legal document ( rune stone of Sele ).
The rune stone is about three meters high, forty inches wide and eight inches thick. The edges and the tip are rounded.
The runic inscription reads: "Tormod set this stone in memory of Trond, his son."
The stone stands on a hill and is from the year 1000. In the Viking Age (800-1050 AD) no burial mounds were built. He has no cross or no inscription that testifies to the Christian faith. Runestones from early Christian times are often cross-carved.
Neighboring runestone
The "N244", also "Helland, Sola socken", is located about 350 meters west-southwest ( 58 ° 50 ′ 29.6 ″ N , 5 ° 34 ′ 44.8 ″ E ).
literature
- Arnvid Lillehammer: Fra jeger til bonde - inntil 800 e. Kr. In: Aschehougs Norges Historie Volume 1. Oslo 1994.
- AS Kan: History of the Scandinavian Countries. German Science Publishing House, Berlin 1978.
- Gro Steinsland: Conflicts between Kristendom and Hedendom around 1000. In: Nordsjøen - Handel,
Web links
- Description, image, approximate location (English)
- Description as "N245" "Norge: Helland 3, Sola" . Text description and translation, surroundings (click on “Miljö”), pictures, location (Swedish). With reference to the neighboring rune stone "N244"
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 58 ° 50 ′ 33.2 " N , 5 ° 35 ′ 5.2" E