# The inscription was carved in Minnesota between about 1885 and 1898.

> Most likely: The inscription was carved in Minnesota between about 1885 and 1898.

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Answer · Kensington Runestone

# The inscription was carved in Minnesota between about 1885 and 1898.

The inscription was carved in Minnesota between about 1885 and 1898.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests supported it: three pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Rune forms match nineteenth-century Swedish rune rows and not medieval inscriptions.
- Language shows modern Swedish and Norwegian features and English influence.
- Groove weathering on a calibrated scale gives decades, not centuries.

## What would rule it out

- A calibrated weathering study dates the grooves to before 1800.

## Evidence 3 for · none against

[Runes cut in calcite are about 25 per cent shallower than those in greywacke, which a presenter read as about…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone/evidence/EVD0CT1HXS218PY/runes-cut-in-calcite-are-about-25-per-cent-shallower-than)

Speculative

FOR

[The 1910 committee itself said five abbreviated verb forms would mark it a forgery unless explained for 1362.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone/evidence/EVD0CT1HXH86W3G/the-1910-committee-itself-said-five-abbreviated-verb-forms)

Suggestive

FOR

[The Kensington runes belong to a younger variant of an 1876 rune row than the one still used in 1885.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone/evidence/EVD0CT1HX9E4ZV0/the-kensington-runes-belong-to-a-younger-variant-of-an-1876)

Supported

FOR

## The questions it answers

[When was the inscription carved?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone/questions/QST0CT1HTVA12MW/when-was-the-inscription-carved)

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## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The inscription was carved in Minnesota between about 1885 and 1898. [Answer ANS0CT1HX1M2PGN]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CT1HX1M2PGN
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**ANS** 0CT1HX1M2PGN

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