Parish Find Location 
Halla

Find Location 
Hallegårda farmstead in Halla parish (RAÄ Halla 19:1).

Find Context Classification 
Farmstead

Present Location Classification 
Gotlands Museum Magasin Visborg

Coordinate Present Location (lat) 
6390259

Coordinate Present Location (long) 
695514

Material 
Limestone

Limestone Type 
fine reef debris limestone

Geological Group 
Slite Group (30%)

Height 
66

Width 
40

Thickness 
5,5

Lindqvist Type 
B (ca. 500-700)

Lindqvist Shape 
Dwarf stone

Iconographic Keywords 
ship 
mast 
sail 

Runic Inscription or not 
No

Context and Discovery 
In the 1939 inventory, the stone is recorded as being kept in a garden about 100 m South-Southwest of Halla church and circa 4 m south of the school building. However, the actual find place, according to the inventory book, is located about 120 m south-southwest of the garden. The stone was unearthed on the farmstead of Hallegårda (1:15), just south of the cow barn. In the 1979 inventory it is noted that the monument has been moved to Gotlands Museum, where it is kept today. The stone is not documented in Lindqvist’s book.

Measurements, Material and Condition 
The limestone slab is 66 cm high, 39 cm wide, and about 5 cm thick. The entire picture stone is preserved, including the root, but broken across the width, in the middle. The stone’s surface is abraded, only the main parts of the decoration are still discernible.

Description of Ornament and Images 
The framing of the edge border and parts of its decoration on the stone’s base and right-hand edge (i.e., a geometrized twisted cord pattern) are discernible. In the head field of the stone, a simple ship image with towering stems, a mast and a small tabloid sail can be seen.

Interpretation of the Imagery 
No interpretation

Type and Dating 
Middle-type picture stone, which means a Type B ʻdwarf stoneʼ, dating between AD 500 and 700. The monument belongs to the group of Type B stones featuring a convex head with corners protruding horizontally. GP 147 Halla Broa X, is a good parallel in shape and decoration, as well as many other dwarf stones which are gathered in Lindqvist’s (1941/42 I, p. 37) Stenstugruppe.
GP 147 Halla Broa X

References 
Guber 2011, p. 128 cat. no. 38.

 
Fyndplats
Omtalas första gången 1939, då bildstenen förvarades på gården Hallegårda. Den hade tidigare påträffats cirka 120 m syd-sydväst om gården. Överförd till Gotlands museum före 1979.

Nuvarande lokalisering
Gotlands museum, magasinet på Visborgsslätt.

Beskrivning
Helt bevarad dvärgsten (period B), 66 cm hög, och som bredast 39 cm. Kantdekor delvis bevarad. På den övre delen av stenen ett skepp med mast och litet segel.

Datering
Dateringen oklar, men den tillhör perioden 500-600-talen.

Tolkning
Ingen tolkning.

AA

Title
GP 152 Halla Hallegårda

Fornsök ID 
L1976:1254

RAÄ ID 
Halla 19:1

Gotlands Museum ID 
GFC10980

Jan Peder Lamm ID 
121

ATA
K-Samsök