Replösa is an archaeological site in Ljungby commune, Småland. The site includes the Replösastenen, a runestone published as Smålands runinskrifter 35. The stone's inscription is from the 1000s and reads: "Götrad gjorde denna vård efter Åstrad sin fader, den ypperste av de fränder och tegnar som i Finnveden fordom levde".
Götrad and Åstrad are uncommon names. While the name Åstrad has appeared on other runestones, Götrad does not appear on any other known runestone. Finnveden, mentioned on the stone, was one of the "lands" that eventually formed the region of Småland. The word "tegn" appears in many runes, and the two main alternatives for its meaning are "fri bonde, odalman" or "krigare, medlem av kungens hird".
Just south of the runestone lies a partially restored ship setting, seventeen meters long and six meters wide, consisting of seven standing stones. On the other side of the road lies a burial field with 55 burial mounds and 20 standing stones, dating from the younger Iron Age (400-1050 AD).
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