ANOTHER NORSE STONEHOLE ROCK DISCOVERED: Indications of a "Compass on the Prairie" and Something Buried

For those who are already somewhat familiar with the story of the Norse Code-stone, I wanted to present the several encoded Norse stonehole rocks on a remote ridgeline near Appleton, Minnesota in an aerial view, especially now since another stonehole rock was discovered at the site only a month or so ago. I've tried with this crude drawing to show the placement of the 6 proposed Norse stonehole rocks in relationship to one another.

I believe the case for a "Compass on the Prairie" was helped out by finding the new stonehole rock, in that it appears to have been placed directly north, several feet from the main Code-stone (the one having 3 holes). So, east and north were established at the site, using stonehole rocks. Why? We can only guess. It seems that people were expecting to come back some day...but didn't...which intensifies the curiosity for what may be buried there, where a ferrous-only metal detector points to, in a "missing spot."

The first, beginning question to answer is: why were the rocks on the ridgeline arranged in the same pattern as the holes on the main Code-stone itself? Do you see it? There are 2 holes, a blank or missing spot, and then another hole on the Code-stone...and on the ridgeline, there are 2 double stonehole rocks, a blank or missing spot, and then another double stonehole rock. Why in the world was this purposely done like this? It is, after all, unmistakable, as one can see, and designed for grabbing one's attention.

I see all this as medieval Scandinavian humor. A code, or puzzle, is involved, and we are supposed to figure it out...even several centuries after the encoding of Norse stonehole rocks took place.

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THE SAUK LAKE ALTAR ROCK (Formerly Called The Viking Altar Rock)

The actor Peter Stormare (think "Fargo"), left, and myself visiting the Altar Rock in 2018 to film an episode for the new TV series "Secrets of the Viking Stone." It was shown in 2020 and this year, 2021. Photo taken by Elroy Balgaard. To begin what is known about the Sauk Lake Altar Rock, I would like to point out that this icon of medieval-era Minnesota history seems to be one of a trifecta of icons that all share at least two features; the Sauk Lake Altar Rock, the Kensington Runestone and the Newport Tower all appear to be connected in a medieval setting to Scandinavians and to the Catholic Church. In this sense, then, all three icons tend to lend support to one another's authenticity. Beyond this, I would like to point out that an earlier regional take on the Sauk Lake Altar Rock is now seen by most historians as ill advised...that being the notion that the Altar Rock was visited and it's four stoneholes made by the Sir Paul Knutson party of me...

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Norway Lake in Minnesota is approximately 50 miles from the small town of Kensington, where the Kensington Runestone (self-dated to 1362) was discovered by an immigrant farmer named Olof Ohman in 1898. I was already aware of a medieval Scandinavian axe that was found in 1908 by a Norway Lake area fisherman named Ole Skaalerub (the axe is presently in a collection of iron weapons at Alexandria's Runestone Museum), but I didn't learn about a possible submerged runestone in the middle of Norway Lake until a few years later, when I came across a September/October 2012 article in the Atlantis Rising Magazine, entitled "Norsemen in Minnesota," with the subtitle " The Kensington Rune Stone Is Not The Only Evidence For A Prehistoric Viking Presence ." The magazine is now defunct, but I have included pertinent portions of the timeless and fascinating article in this presentation about a possible submerged runestone in Norway Lake: Excerpts from the ...

THE NORSE CODE-STONES

This blog post is about a puzzling occurrence involving stoneholes chiseled into rocks, I believe in both the pioneering days of the late 1800s and in medieval times, perhaps as early as the 12th century. This multiple stonehole-making happened near the border of Minnesota and South Dakota, near the town of Appleton, in Minnesota. It is my firm belief that the stoneholes were chiseled out to mark a spot of earth along a ridgeline directly south of the Pomme de Terre River, a river that empties into the Minnesota River, not far from where the Minnesota river begins near the bottom of Big Stone Lake. Significantly, the Pomme de Terre River reaches the farthest north of any river discharging into the Minnesota River. This is important because I think the Norse Code-stone may possibly have been created to indicate an attempted medieval Scandinavian land-claim, and placing the seemingly encoded stonehole rocks by the Pomme de Terre River might have been inte...

THE KENSINGTON RUNESTONE: Commentary and Speculation by Bob Voyles

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