The Runestone at Hurup Church
In the cemetery at Hurup Church in Thy you find a large fragment of a rune stone, which in 1910 was found in the cemetery dike.
Sydthy, North Jutland
Ancient Monuments & Ruins
photo: Thy Turistforening
photo: Thy Turistforening
photo: Thy Turistforening
photo: Thy Turistforening
photo: Thy Turistforening
photo: Thy Turistforening
The rune stone stands in the cemetery outside the porch.
The rune stone appeared when the dike was breached to make room for a new chapel. The inscription can (perhaps) be interpreted as follows:
"Thormod, a well-bread "boy", erected this memory after N.N. his father (or brother)."
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