A block of granite serves as a gateway to history. Positioned on the road connecting Gällsta and Grana, this rune stone is 1.3 metres high, 1.3 metres wide, and 0.4 metres thick. Three men named Toste, Sigus, and Sigmar commissioned the work to have the stone raised for their father, Tobbe.
By analyzing the inscriptions on three nearby stones alongside a fourth stone from the surrounding area, a family tree spanning five generations can be reconstructed. This includes information from stones U 229, U 231, and U 232, as well as U 210.
These records permit us to map the ancestry of Toste, Sigus, and Sigmar back to their father Tobbe, and further back to their grandfather Udde and great-grandfather Torbjörn. We can further observe how the family expanded through daughters such as Hedenvi and sons including Östen, Ulv, and Olov. Hedenvi was married to Holmgöt, and they had two sons named Finnvid and Holmger.
Visitors can still locate the stone in its original setting today. The runestone is made of granite and stands at a height of approximately 7 centimetres.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Nik Frost
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