#u225

Rune stone # U 225 - Bällsta, Arkils tingstad, Vallentuna socken

This rune stone of granite forms and is a monument together with rune stone U 226 which stands about twenty meters away and nearer to the Vallentuna lake.

The height is 1.80 meter and width in the center of the rune stone is 0.94 m. The inscription is clear and well preserved.

*...uk arkil uk kui þiʀ kariþu iar þikstaþ ... ...unu iki mirki maiʀi uirþa þan ulfs suniʀ iftiʀ kir... ...iʀ suinaʀ at sin faþur*

"Ulvkel och Arnkel och Gye de gjorde här tingsplats . . .  Ej skall en större än den Ulvs söner raska svenner, minnesvård finnas, gjorde efter [honom], åt sin fader" 

Ulvkel and Arnkel and Gye, they made the Assembly-place here ... No landmark will be more (great), than (the one) the sons of Ulv made in (his) memory; able lads in memory of their father"

Rune stones # U 225 & U 226 - Bällsta, Arkils tingstad, Vallentuna socken

These two rune stones and the square stone construction are the remains of an early eleventh century village council. At this place people came together to administer justice, or come to important decisions. The inscriptions on the rune stones tells us about a local chief, Ulv in Skålhamra, who lived here during the eleventh century. He belonged to one of the two families of great significance, who resided in this area during the late Viking Age (the other family was the clan of Jarlabanke).

Arkils tingstad means "Assembly location of Arkil" and was the first assembly place in the Vallentuna area.