The Ardre image stones are a collection of ten 8th century rune and image stones. They were used as paving under the wooden floors of the local church in the Ardre parish of Gotland, and were re-discovered when the church was restored around 1900. They are now preserved in the National Museum of Antiquities, Stockholm.
The largest, and most famous of the stones depicts scenes from Norse mythology.
Rune stones are stones with runic inscriptions dating from the early Middle Ages but are found to have been used most prominently during the Viking Age.
Rune stones were often set up to commemorate the dead, and many of Scandinavia’s surviving rune stones served as memorials for people who had died far from home.
When the stones were carved, the runic letters were also painted, most commonly red (based on archaeological analysis), in order to be easily visible.
The Ardreimagestones are a collection of ten rune and imagestones, dated to the 8th to 11th centuries.
They were used as paving under the wooden floors of the local church in the Ardre parish of Gotland, and were re-discovered when the church was restored around 1900.
The largest, and most famous of the stones is Ardre VIII, dated to the 8th or 9th century, depicts scenes from Norse mythology.
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