Riksantikvarieämbetet

This article discusses whether the rune-inscribed limestone slab Ög 231 from Östra Stenby Church in the county of Östergötland, Sweden, represents a runestone of traditional type, or if it should be interpreted as the remains of as an early Christian grave monument. The point of departure is some previously unknown recordsof the find circumstances, which claims that the stone was discovered in 1853 under the church floor, where it was used as lid over a walled grave containing the skeletonof a male individual. A careful investigation of this new information, and whatis preserved of the stone, makes it likely that it was found in a secondary position, but that the stone still should be included in the group of early Christian grave monuments.