MessageToEagle.com – An ancient rune stone from Thy, Denmark has been missing for 200 years. Over the years archaeologists have made several attempts to locate the unique, thousand-year-old stone, but without any success. Not until now. Fragments of the stone have been discovered on a farmer’s garden terrace in Thy.
Thy and the western part of Limfjorden was an important place during the Viking Age. Rune stones often record the names of participants in Viking expeditions and those who fought bravely in battles as warriors. Viking rune stones were therefore erected in memory of the dead. Rune stones are found almost exclusively in Scandinavia, and from Viking Age Denmark, we know of about 250 rune stones.
Most rune stones in Denmark were between 975 to 1025 A.D. One of the most famous rune stones in Denmark is the Jelling Stone. It was erected by King Harald Bluetooth around the year 970.
The ancient Thy rune stone was last seen in 1767 before it mysteriously disappeared.
Last year, farmer Anders Kappel contacted the Museum Thy and said he had a curious, large stone with inscriptions lying in his garden. Anders Kappel wanted to learn more about these inscriptions.
Examinations of the stone revealed it was a fragment of the missing Thy rune stone!
“Sadly, the top of the runes is missing, but when I compare it with the drawing from 1767 there is little doubt that this is a fragment of the same stone”, Lisbeth Imer of the National Museum said.
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Anders Kappel had the rune stone on a farm property he had torn down. When archaeologists visited his farm, they discovered three more fragments of the missing Thy rune stone.
However, the Thy runes stone is not yet complete. Lisbeth Imer estimates the stone is carved up into at least eight pieces. She and her colleagues are therefore continuing the hunt for the remaining parts.
The Thy rune stone has been temporarily moved to the Heltborg Museum. It will later be sent to the National Museum to be valued.
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