It appears that a very important "stonehole rock" now adorns the top of Runestone Hill. The fractured and badly misshaped rock was not originally where it now sits, based on information at hand. Apparently, the disfigured boulder was moved to its present location about thirty-five years ago to show visitors to Runestone Park what a mooring stone looks like. However, most people now know that the many Scandinavian-made, medieval-era stoneholes in this area of Minnesota were not chiseled out for mooring ships--nor for blasting rocks apart, either, for that matter. In his 1946 book, "America: 1355--1364," on page 144, early Kensington Runestone enthusiast Hjalmar R. Holand tells about finding the strange rock during a search of the Runestone Hill area, in 1937: “This time I went straight to the steepest part of the hill, which is immediately below the spot where the rune stone was found. Here lies a large pile of stones which have tumbled down from the hi
I'm facinated by the Kensington Runestone, self-dated to 1362. The stone document was discovered near Kensington, Minnesota in 1898 by farmer Olof Ohman. I believe the simple story carved onto the KRS. The purpose of this blog is to look at and discuss various interests possibly connected to the KRS in some way. Comments are welcome. After commenting, please hit the "Publish" tab.