Parish Find Location 
Tofta

Find Location 
Tofta church

Find Context Classification 
Church

Coordinate Find Location (lat) 
6379885

Coordinate Find Location (long) 
689759

Present Location Classification 
Gotlands Museum Magasin Visborg

Coordinate Present Location (lat) 
6390259

Coordinate Present Location (long) 
695514

Material 
Limestone

Limestone Type 
limestone with onkoids

Geological Group 
Hangvar Formation (70%)

Height 
62

Width 
56

Thickness 
9

Lindqvist Type 
A (ca. 400-600)

Lindqvist Shape 
Dwarf stone

Runic Inscription or not 
No

Context and Discovery 
Found in 1959 together with GP528 Tofta kyrka 2 during the restoration of Tofta Church. According to P. Widerström's list, found in the southern wall of the nave. HS
GP 528 Tofta kyrka 2

Measurements, Material and Condition 
A completely intact stele. The surface is quite uneven and it might not have been sanded down at all. In contrast, the sides must have been worked since they look much more even than the root. The root is 0.25 m long, which makes the decorated stele only 0.36 m tall. The circular motifs are created with a comparably deep bas-relief in which the leaves of the rosettes are protruding while the spaces in between (painted in black) have been carved out. These rosettes were not made by compass. HS

References 
Lindqvist 1962, 16 fig. 5; Oehrl 2019a, pl. 1i

Title
GP 527 Tofta kyrka 1

Gotlands Museum ID 
C10237

Jan Peder Lamm ID 
317