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The Heavener runestone. The Heavener Runestone (pronounced / ˈ h iː v n ər /) is located in Heavener Runestone Park in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, near Heavener, Oklahoma.The runes on the stone are ᚷ ᛆ ᛟ ᛗ ᛖ ᛞ ᚨ ᛐ. [2]
Heavener Runestone Park (pronounced / ˈ h iː v n ər /) is a 55-acre (220,000 m 2) park located in Le Flore County, Oklahoma near the city of Heavener, Oklahoma. [1] Formerly a state park of Oklahoma, it was transferred to the City of Heavener in 2011, and is now operated by the Friends of Heavener Runestone, a non-profit organization.
Later it proved to be one of the latest dated runestones yet found in Oklahoma, carved on November 24, 1024, exactly twelve years and thirteen days after the great Heavener runestone. Today both it and the Poteau rune-stone rest on exhibit at the Kerr Museum near Poteau. The enigma of the Viking explorers is yet unsolved.
Two groups of runestones erected in Denmark mention a woman named Thyra, which suggests she was a powerful Viking sovereign who likely played a pivotal role in the birth of the Danish realm.
A small number predates the 9th century; one of the last runestones was raised in memory of the archbishop Absalon (d. 1201). [7] A small number of runestones may date to the late medieval to early modern period, such as the Fámjin stone (Faroe Islands), dated to the Reformation period.
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The Kensington Runestone is a slab of greywacke stone covered in runes that was discovered in Western Minnesota, United States, in 1898. Olof Ohman, a Swedish immigrant , reported that he unearthed it from a field in the largely rural township of Solem in Douglas County .
The Washita Battlefield National Historic Site is located just a few miles west of the town of Cheyenne, on the north side of Oklahoma State Highway 47.The main body of the site is located between SR 47A and the Washita River, with the visitor center located near the junction of 47 and 47A.