Parish Find Location 
Stenkyrka

Find Location 
Near the farm ʻTystebols gårdʼ in Stenkyrka parish, next to an old road.

Find Context Classification 
Landscape

Parish Present Location 
Stenkyrka

Present Location 
The garden of the neighbouring farmstead ʻTune gårdʼ, Stenkyrka parish.

Present Location Classification 
Farmstead

Coordinate Present Location (lat) 
 6410713

Coordinate Present Location (long) 
 711009

Material 
Limestone

Height 
58

Width 
42

Thickness 
10

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

Lindqvist Shape 
Dwarf stone

Runic Inscription or not 
No

Context and Discovery 
In the 1926 inventory (Go Stenkyrka sn Fornminnesinventering; see also ATA dnr 261/27, 5001/27, and Lindqvist 1941/42 II, p. 130) it is noted that the picture stone had been discovered a couple of years ago previously. It was found close to the farmstead of Tystebols in Stenkyrka parish during the construction of a bridge. The small slab was encountered in a field next to the old road, which leads from the farm Västris in Tingstäde to Tystebols and which about 60 m east of Tystebols crosses a ditch. The finder, Harry Andersson, took the stone home to his farmstead Tune/Stenstugu, about 450 m north of Tystebols, and placed it in his garden. According to the 1976 inventory it has been incorporated into a rock garden, together with GP 373 Stenkyrka Lillbjärs XIX (RAÄ 18:1), a gravklot (18:3), and a stone with grinding grooves (svärdslipningssten).
GP 373 Stenkyrka Lillbjärs XIX

Measurements, Material and Condition 
The fragment represents the upper half or perhaps the two upper thirds of a small mushroom-shaped picture stone. The shape of the head is well-preserved, as is the left edge of the body. The right edge of the body, however, is broken off. The limestone slab is 10 cm thick, its height now is 58 cm, the head is 41.5 cm wide, the neck 30.5 cm (Lindqvist 1941/42 II, p. 130). The narrow sides are rounded towards the reverse, which is rough and uneven. The stone’s obverse is even and without any traces of decoration. Photos of the stone taken by M. Stenberger in 1940 (cf. Lindqvist 1941/42 II, figs. 527–528) and T. Carlsson/B. Bergman in 1927 are kept in ATA (Run- och bildstenssamling 853:59, 1290:45).

Description of Ornament and Images 
No carvings discernable

Interpretation of the Imagery 
No interpretation

Type and Dating 
Mushroom-shaped late type dwarf stone, which means Lindqvist’s “Abschnitt” C/D or E (1941/42 I, p. 44). As no decoration is preserved at all, the monument can only be roughly dated to between the 8th century and around AD 1100.

References 
Lindqvist 1941/42 I, figs. 527–528; II, p. 130.

 
Fyndplats
Bildstenen påträffades några år före 1926 vid konstruktionen av en bro, i en åker vid vägen mellan Västris och Tystebols, cirka 60 m öster om Tystebols. Upphittaren tog bildstenen till sin gård Tune.

Nuvarande lokalisering
I trädgården till gården Tune, där den står tillsammans med GP 373 Stenkyrka Lillbjärs XIX.

Beskrivning
Övre delen av en svampformig ”dvärgsten” (period CD eller E), bevarad höjd 58 cm och som bredast 41,5 cm. Inga bevarade bilder.

Datering
Kan inte dateras med säkerhet, men tillhör perioden 700-1000-talen.

Tolkning
Ingen tolkning

AA
GP 373 Stenkyrka Lillbjärs XIX

Title
GP 399 Stenkyrka Tystebols III

Fornsök ID 
L1976:6370

RAÄ ID 
Stenkyrka 18:2

Jan Peder Lamm ID 
298

Lindqvist Title 
Stenkyrka, Tystebols III

ATA
K-Samsök