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Runestone in Giver parish, Vesthimmerlands Municipality, recorded in Fund og Fortidsminder, Denmark's national register, as locality 120805-160 (system no. 195226). Monuments dated 970–1020: 1 × Runestone.
Protection text (Danish): Giver-sten.
Runesten af granit. Stenen er 102 cm høj, 118 cm bred og 35 cm tyk.
Runestenen har talrige skålgruber på bagsiden. Indskriften på stenens
bredside lyder i oversættelse: ” Kale satte denne sten efter Thorsten, sin
fader, en meget god thegn”.
Runestenen er placeret i Giver Kirke på en opmuret sokkel i kirkens
midtergang mod vestgavlen.
About this type
Runestone
A raised stone carved with runes, usually a memorial to a named person and the family who raised it.
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