Parish Find Location 
Fole

Find Location 
Agricultural field south of the farm ʻSt. Tollby gårdʼ, Fole parish.

Find Context Classification 
Agricultural Field

Coordinate Find Location (lat) 
6392235

Coordinate Find Location (long) 
711633

Present Location Classification 
Gotlands Museum Magasin Visborg

Coordinate Present Location (lat) 
6390259

Coordinate Present Location (long) 
695514

Material 
Limestone

Limestone Type 
crinoid limestone

Geological Group 
Slite Group (100%)

Height 
70

Width 
49

Thickness 
10

Lindqvist Type 
B (ca. 500-700)

Lindqvist Shape 
Dwarf stone

Runic Inscription or not 
No

Context and Discovery 
According to Lindqvist (1941/42 II, p. 44), the stone was discovered in a field about 500 m south of the farmstead St. Tollby, and kept next to the residential house in 1932, but transferred to Gotlands Museum in 1938. According to the 1927 inventory (ATA dnr 4031/27), it was found around 1926 while ploughing next to an old stone cobbled path. A photo of the stone taken by Ture Carlsson at the farmstead in 1927 (817:1a) as well as a photo taken by H. Faith-Ell in 1933 (1649:1, cf. Lindqvist 1941/42 II, fig. 42), both without secondary paint, are kept in ATA.

Measurements, Material and Condition 
“Limestone slab, 10 cm thick. The obverse almost even, probably hewn, the narrow sides hewn at right angles to the obverse, with a chamfer between them. The reverse is unworked. The total height of the stone is 70 cm, above the base 57 cm, the height of the head is 13 cm, its width 49 cm, the width of the neck 35 cm, that of the base 46 cm” (Lindqvist 1941/42 II, p. 44). The stone is completely preserved, including its root, which features a horizontal lower edge. The surface is much weathered, a bit rough and features fossil inclusions.

Description of Ornament and Images 
Lindqvist (1941/42 II, p. 44) notes that “[…] only indistinct remains are preserved of shallow lines belonging to the border, some traces of two horizontal lines and possibly of a rhombic pattern between them.” However, these remains are not visible on the photos and very difficult to verify.

Interpretation of the Imagery 
No interpretation

Type and Dating 
Middle-type picture stone, i.e., Type B according to Lindqvist, dating to between AD 500 and 700. The stone belongs to those Type B stones described by Lindqvist (1941/42 I, pp. 38–39) as ʻdwarf stonesʼ with convex head and strongly pronounced corners protruding horizontally. Lindqvist assigns it to his Sojvidegruppe (1941/42 I, pp. 36–37), which is characterized by the shape described above and simple or no remaining decoration at all. Concerning shape, GP 106 Gothem Bentebingels (I) and GP 335 Rute Ala are notable parallels.
GP 106 Gothem Bentebingels (I)
GP 335 Rute Ala

References 
Lindqvist 1941/42 I, fig. 42; II, p. 44.

 
Fyndplats
Bildstenen påträffades 1927 vid plöjning av en åker omkring 500 meter söder om gården Stora Tollby. Stenen lämnades till Gotlands museum 1938.

Nuvarande lokalisering
Gotlands museum, Visby, magasinet på Visborgsslätt

Beskrivning
Helt bevarad liten sten (period B), 70 cm hög och som bredast 49 cm. Bildstenen innehåller bara spår av kantdekoren.

Datering
Kan inte dateras med säkerhet, tillhör perioden 600-700-talen.

Tolkning
Ingen tolkning.

AA

Title
GP 84 Fole St. Tollby

Fornsök ID 
L1977:6255

RAÄ ID 
Fole 111:1

Gotlands Museum ID 
GFC9018

Jan Peder Lamm ID 
58

Lindqvist Title 
Fole, St. Tollby

ATA
K-Samsök