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