Parish Find Location 
Grötlingbo

Find Location 
Incorporated into a stone enclosure on the property of the farm ʻRoes gårdʼ in Grötlingbo parish.

Find Context Classification 
Private Property
Grave-field

Coordinate Find Location (lat) 
6335158

Coordinate Find Location (long) 
701859

Parish Present Location 
Grötlingbo

Present Location 
Kattlunds open-air museum in Grötlingbo parish.

Present Location Classification 
Other

Coordinate Present Location (lat) 
6390259

Coordinate Present Location (long) 
695514

Material 
Limestone

Height 
49

Width 
47,5

Thickness 
9

Lindqvist Type 
B (ca. 500-700)
C/D (ca. 700-1000)
E (ca. 1000-1150)

Lindqvist Shape 
Dwarf stone

Runic Inscription or not 
No

Context and Discovery 
The stone was found by the farmer O.V. Ohlson, incorporated into a stone enclosure, where he also discovered the picture stone fragments GP 124 Grötlingbo Roes III and GP 125 Grötlingbo Roes IV. The modern stone enclosure (tun) was located next to a stone mound (röse) on the property of the ʻRoes gårdʼ, south-west of the farmstead. The find spot is situated in the most-northern part of the large Late Iron Age necropolis of Barshalder (Rundkvist 2003). Ohlsen reported the finds to Gotlands Museum in 1934 (ATA 3321/34). After that, he moved them to his garden in Roes, where he kept them for several years. In 1940, the three stones were moved to the nearby medieval farmstead and open-air museum in Kattlunds, which is affiliated with Gotlands Museum (ATA 2993/40).
GP 124 Grötlingbo Roes III
GP 125 Grötlingbo Roes IV

Measurements, Material and Condition 
The rectangular limestone slab, which appears to represent the lowermost part of a relatively small picture stone, is between 7.5 and 9 cm thick and measures 47.5 x 49 cm. One of the original lateral edges and the stone’s root seem to be preserved. The surface is rough and weathered.

Description of Ornament and Images 
There are no traces of carvings discernible on the stone. Lindqvist reproduces a photo taken by M. Stenberger in 1940 (1941/42 II, fig. 365, cf. ATA Run- och bildstenssamling A183:201).

Interpretation of the Imagery 
No interpretation

Type and Dating 
The fragment probably represents the lowermost part of a dwarf stone. Its type cannot be determined with certainty. Lindqvist, however, regards the monument as a late-type picture stone, “Abschnitt” C/D or E (1941/42 I, p. 44). Thus, it can only be roughly dated to between the 8th century and around AD 1100. Ultimately, however, the stone could also represent a Type B monument, dating to AD 500 to 700.

References 
Lindqvist 1941/42 II, p. 52, fig. 365; Rundkvist 2003 1, pp. 37, 217; 2, p. 70.

 
Fyndplats
Bildstenen påträffades tillsammans med GP 124 Grötlingbo Roes III och GP 125 Grötlingbo Roes IV i en stengärdsgård vid ett röse på den nordligaste delen av gravfältet Barshaldershed, tillhörande gården Roes. Fyndet rapporterades till Gotlands museum 1934, och fördes 1940 till Kattlunds museigård, tillhörande Gotlands museum.

Nuvarande lokalisering
Kattlunds museigård, Grötlingbo, tillhörande Gotlands museum

Beskrivning
Fragment av en liten svampformig bildsten (period CD eller E), bevarad höjd 47,5 cm, största bredd 49 cm. Inga spår av ristning bevarad.

Datering
Kan inte dateras med säkerhet, tillhör perioden 700-1000-talen.

Tolkning
Ingen tolkning.

AA
GP 124 Grötlingbo Roes III
GP 125 Grötlingbo Roes IV

Title
GP 126 Grötlingbo Roes V

Jan Peder Lamm ID 
88

Lindqvist Title 
Grötlingbo, Roes V

ATA