Princes Street Gardens Runestone

The Swedish Runestone in Princes Street Gardens, designated U 1173 in the Rundata catalogue, is an 11th-century Swedish Viking Age runestone located in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, below Edinburgh Castle Esplanade, set within a fenced enclosure adjacent to Ramsay Garden. Originally from Lilla Ramsjö, Vittinge, it was donated to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1787 by Sir Alexander Seton of Preston and Ekolsund (1738 - 1814), and was presented to the Princes Street Proprietors by the Society in 1821. It is one of three Swedish runestones in Britain; the other two (U 104 & U 1160) are in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford in England. InscriptionTransliteration into Latin characters: ' ari + rasti + stain + aftir + ialm + faþur sin + kuþ + hialbi + ant hansTranscription into Old Norse: Ari ræisti stæin æftiʀ Hialm, faður sinn. Guð hialpi and hans. Translation into English: "Ari raised the stone in memory of Hjalmr, his father. May God help his spirit. "Further readingAnon (J. Dillon & J. Jamieson) (1822) 'Account of a stone with a runic inscription, presented to the Society by the late Sir Alexander Seton of Preston, and of some other inscriptions of the same kind in the Isle of Man', Archaeologia Scotica, 2. 2, pp. 490–501Graham-Campbell, James (2004) ''Danes. . . in this Country': discovering Vikings in Scotland', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 134, pp. 201-239McNaughton, Adam (1980) 'Edinburgh's Runestone', Northern Studies, 15, pp. 29-33Sveriges Runinskrifter, (1953-1958), ix, pp. 653-656

The Swedish Runestone in Princes Street Gardens, designated U 1173 in the Rundata catalogue, is an 11th-century Swedish Viking Age runestone located in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, below Edinburgh Castle Esplanade, set within a fenced enclosure adjacent to Ramsay Garden. Originally from Lilla Ramsjö, Vittinge, it was donated to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1787 by Sir Alexander Seton of Preston and Ekolsund (1738 - 1814), and was presented to the Princes Street Proprietors by the Society in 1821. It is one of three Swedish runestones in Britain; the other two (U 104 & U 1160) are in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford in England. InscriptionTransliteration into Latin characters: ' ari + rasti + stain + aftir + ialm + faþur sin + kuþ + hialbi + ant hansTranscription into Old Norse: Ari ræisti stæin æftiʀ Hialm, faður sinn. Guð hialpi and hans. Translation into English: "Ari raised the stone in memory of Hjalmr, his father. May God help his spirit. "Further readingAnon (J. Dillon & J. Jamieson) (1822) 'Account of a stone with a runic inscription, presented to the Society by the late Sir Alexander Seton of Preston, and of some other inscriptions of the same kind in the Isle of Man', Archaeologia Scotica, 2. 2, pp. 490–501Graham-Campbell, James (2004) ''Danes. . . in this Country': discovering Vikings in Scotland', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 134, pp. 201-239McNaughton, Adam (1980) 'Edinburgh's Runestone', Northern Studies, 15, pp. 29-33Sveriges Runinskrifter, (1953-1958), ix, pp. 653-656