Many identified runestones come centuries later in history, during the Viking Age (around the 9th to 11th centuries). The sandstone pieces were primarily dispersed in three graves, designated Hole 1, ...
The mysterious Rök stone, one of the world’s most famous runestones, was raised in the ... one the researchers believe alludes to a Viking fear very recognisable to us today - their own climate ...
How else could the Heavener runestone, a massive 12-foot stone containing eight ancient Viking runes, have ended up there otherwise? Or the five other runestones discovered in the state?