Parish Find Location 
Bro

Find Location 
Bro church

Find Context Classification 
Church

Coordinate Find Location (lat) 
6397282

Coordinate Find Location (long) 
707221

Parish Present Location 
Bro

Present Location 
Bro church

Present Location Classification 
Church
In-Loco

Coordinate Present Location (lat) 
6397282

Coordinate Present Location (long) 
707221

Year of Discovery 
1887

Material 
Limestone

Height 
186

Width 
94

Lindqvist Type 
A (ca. 400-600)

Lindqvist Shape 
Tall stone

Runic Inscription or not 
No

Context and Discovery 
In 1887, Fredrik Nordin recognized this piece as a picture stone, which is still used as a building stone in the southern wall of Bro Church. It is placed with the head of the former stele towards the west, laying on the left side. HS

Measurements, Material and Condition 
The limestone slab was worked into a rectangular block by cutting off all four sides straight, in order to be used as spolia in the building. Its original dimensions are therefore not preserved. The actual measurements of the worked stone are 1.86 m x 0.94 m. The depth remains unknown since the stele cannot be taken out of the wall. Lindqvist (1941, 26) suggests an estimated original height of 2.50 m in comparison with other monuments. Despite its secondarily worked condition and a rather severe surface damage, the majority of the decoration is still preserved. Unfortunately, its placement in the church wall and the damage it received does not allow reveal whether the stele had chamfered edges. But, even though worked into a rectangular block, the cut off framing lines at the top indicate that the stone originally had an axe shape. HS

References 
Guber 2011, no. 6; Nylén/Lamm 2003, 22 f.; Lindqvist 1941, 26; 1942, 29 f. fig. 319;
Nordin 1903, 10 fig. 3; Oehrl 2019a, pl. 1a

Title
GP 43 Bro kyrka I

Fornsök ID 
L1977:46

RAÄ ID 
Bro 24:1

Jan Peder Lamm ID 
27

Lindqvist Title 
Bro, Kirche I