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}}The '''Swedish Runestone''', designated '''U 1173''' in the [[Rundata]] catalogue, is an 11th-century<ref name="Rundata">[http://www.nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm Project Samnordisk Runtextdatabas Svensk] – [[Rundata]] entry for U 1173.</ref> Swedish [[Viking Age]] [[runestone]] which was located in [[Princes Street Gardens]], [[Edinburgh]], below [[Edinburgh Castle]] Esplanade, within a fenced enclosure adjacent to [[Ramsay Garden]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/52498/photographs/edinburgh+princes+street+gardens/|title = Edinburgh, Princes Street Garden (Rune Inscribed Stone)|website = Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland}}</ref> Due to security concerns it was removed from there on 19 December 2017 and in the Autumn of 2020 was re-located at 50 [[George Square, Edinburgh]] just outside the [[University of Edinburgh]]'s Department of Scandinavian Studies.<ref>{{Cite web
On 22 March 2023 the runestone was officially unveiled,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/activities/runes-runestones-and-u1173-the-edinburgh-runestone|title=Runes, Runestones, and U1173 - 'The Edinburgh Runestone'|website=University of Edinburgh Research Explorer}}</ref>after delays due to restrictions put in place to prevent the spread of [[COVID-19 pandemic|Coronovirus.]]<ref name="socantscot.org" />
Originally from Lilla Ramsjö in present-day [[Morgongåva]], [[Heby Municipality]], it was donated to the [[Society of Antiquaries of Scotland]] in 1787 by Sir Alexander Seton of Preston and [[Ekolsund Castle|Ekolsund]] (né Baron 1738–1814),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gyllenhammar |first=Gyllenhammar |date=2015-07-03 |title=Alexander Seton (Baron) |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Alexander-Seton/6000000017553438216 |url-status=live |website=GENi}}</ref> and was presented to the Princes Street Proprietors by the Society in 1821.<ref>{{Cite journal|url = http://ssns.org.uk/resources/Documents/NorthernStudies/Vol15/McNaughton_1980_Vol_15_pp_29_33.pdf|title = Edinburgh's Runestone|last = McNaughton|first = Adam|date = 1980|journal = Northern Studies|pages = 29, 31}}</ref> It is one of three Swedish runestones in Britain; the other two ([[Greece runestones#U 104|U 104]] & U 1160) are in the [[Ashmolean Museum]], [[Oxford]] in England.<ref>[http://www.nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm Project Samnordisk Runtextdatabas Svensk] – [[Rundata]] entry for U 104.</ref><ref>[http://www.nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm Project Samnordisk Runtextdatabas Svensk] – [[Rundata]] entry for U 1160.</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url = http://ssns.org.uk/resources/Documents/NorthernStudies/Vol15/McNaughton_1980_Vol_15_pp_29_33.pdf|title = Edinburgh's Runestone|last = McNaughton|first = Adam|date = 1980|journal = Northern Studies|page = 29}}</ref>
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== Carving ==
[[File:Swedish Runestone U 1173 being removed from Princes Street Gardens Edinburgh.jpg|thumb|209x209px]]
The carving on the stone features a centrally located cross, encircled by a serpent. The runic inscription is carved within the serpent, whose head and tail are linked with the cross' shaft. There are 18 runestones in [[Sweden]] which bear similar features and are believed to have been carved by a [[runemaster]] called Erik.<ref name="socantscot.org"/><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.runristare.se/galleri/2014-u1173/en/index.html|title=Runestone U 1173 – a missing runestone recreated|website=www.runristare.se|access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref>
There are two additional crosses carved into the runestone – one on the right-hand edge of the stone, and one at the front of the stone, above the inscription, on the right-hand side. They do not exhibit the same level of craftsmanship and are believed to have been added later, perhaps in the 19th century.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/52498/edinburgh-princes-street-gardens|title=Edinburgh, Princes Street Gardens {{!}} Canmore|website=canmore.org.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref><ref
===Inscription===
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: "Ari raised the stone in memory of Hjalmr, his father. May God help his spirit."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://skaldic.org/db.php?table=mss&id=17983&if=runic|title=Runic Dictionary|website=skaldic.org}}</ref>
== Replica Runestone in Morgongåva ==
In 2014 a replica of stone U 1173 was made in [[Sweden]] and placed where the original would have come from, at [[Morgongåva]] in [[Uppsala]], by a group called Hebys "nya" runsten,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/
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