Parish Find Location 
Fole

Find Location 
A meadow (Fole Änge 1:2) approximately 700 m east of the hillfort (fornborg) in Fole parish.

Find Context Classification 
Agricultural Field

Coordinate Find Location (lat) 
6395396

Coordinate Find Location (long) 
713962

Parish Present Location 
Fole

Present Location 
Fole Lilla Ryftes

Present Location Classification 
Private Property

Material 
Limestone

Height 
50

Width 
54

Thickness 
10

Lindqvist Type 
B (ca. 500-700)
C/D (ca. 700-1000)
E (ca. 1000-1150)

Lindqvist Shape 
Cist stone

Runic Inscription or not 
No

Context and Discovery 
In 1969, the stone was found during cultivation of a meadow (Fole Änge 1:2). The meadow is situated approximately 700 m east of the hillfort (fornborg) in Fole parish. The slab was discovered together with the picture stone GP 82 Fole Änge 1. After their discovery both stones were brought to the farmstead, Lilla Ryftes, which lies circa 1000 m north-west of the find spot.

According to Lindqvist (1941/42 I, pp. 40, 47–48, 58–61; 1964), picture stones of the cist stone Type (see IX) were used either pairwise representing grave markers or in a group of four forming cist-shaped (grave or sacrificial) monuments. However, all known cist stones have been discovered in secondary contexts (Stenkvist 2014).
GP0082

Measurements, Material and Condition 
The limestone slab is circa 50 cm high, 54 cm wide, and about 10 cm thick (###). It can be described as a rectangular slab with an arched top edge. It is likely that to the left and right of this arch, respectively, there originally were short protruding corners, a characteristic feature of the so-called cist stones. Here, however, they are broken off. The stone’s root seems to be broken off as well. Thus, the fragment represents the part of the monument, which once had been visible above ground. The obverse is even and heavily weathered.

Description of Ornament and Images 
No remains of carvings discernable.

Interpretation of the Imagery 
No interpretation

Type and Dating 
The typical outline of a small gavel-like slab with wave-shaped upper edge, a so-called cist stone, is largely preserved. Most of those stones represent late-type picture stones, belonging to ʻAbschnittʼ C/D or E according to Lindqvist. There is only a very small number of Type B cist stones known to date (see in particular Halla Broa V–VI). As no decoration is left on the stone, the cist stone from Fole Änge can only be roughly dated to between AD 500 and around 1100. The stone’s size, however, more probably indicates a Type C/D or E cist stone rather than a Type B monument.
GP 144 Halla Broa V
GP 145 Halla Broa VI

References 
Stenkvist 2014 II, pp. 10–11, fig. 12.

 
Fyndplats
Bildstenen påträffades tillsammans med GP 82 Fole Änge 1 1969 i Fole Änge, cirka 700 m öster om en fornborg i Fole socken. Efter fyndet fördes bildstenarna till gården Lilla Ryftes, cirka 1 km nordväst om fyndplatsen.

Nuvarande lokalisering
Står på gården Lilla Ryftes.

Beskrivning
Fragment av en liten kiststen, 50 cm hög och 54 cm bred. Inga bilder bevarade.

Datering
Dateringen kan inte anges närmare, men bildstenen tillhör perioden 500-1000-talen, troligen den senare delen av perioden.

Tolkning
Ingen tolkning

AA
GP0082

Title
GP 81 Fole Änge 2

Fornsök ID 
L1977:5616

RAÄ ID 
Fole 179:2

Jan Peder Lamm ID 
445

ATA
K-Samsök