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Rune Stone at Jungfrukullen, Åsakatorp, Västergötland, Sweden
 

 

 

     

 

     
  Rune Stone at Jungfrukullen, Åsakatorp, Västergötland, Sweden
This rune stone was described in 1877 as: "is now standing supported against a larger stone on the hill Jungfrukullen at Åsakatorp. According to a note in the parish register the stone was moved from the homestead Grännarp in the parish of Vårkumla." Åsakatorp is unknown to me, but the place laid in present Vartofta, a village belonging to the municipality of Falköping. The runic inscription reads:
 

 

   
 
This means: "Ruka satte sten denne efter fader sin och ... (In English: Ruka raised this stone after his father and ...)".
 		  
 


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