Levenestenen at Stora Levene church

Levenestenen, with signum Vg 117, is the highest runestone. It stands outside Stora Levene church in Stora Levene, in today's Vara municipality, Västergötland.

The runestone was discovered in 1927 in the church's west gable. It was then broken into two parts and built into the inner wall of the vestry, though a few pieces were visible on either side of the church's entrance. The pillar-like runestone was freed and erected in its current location along the church's long, graveled driveway.

The stone is made of granite. On the back of the stone is an inscribed ornament in the form of a cross in Ringerikestyle. The rune band runs in a Romanesque arch with a straight bottom plate and the motif is placed in the middle of the stone. The translation of the inscribed text reads: 'Härulv raised the stone after his sons Var and Torgöt. May help their souls well.'

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