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Isle of Lewis Chess Men. Missing description[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
M Winther wrote on Sun, Jun 3, 2007 06:30 AM UTC:
The pawns in the Lewis set are actually runic stones, easily identifiable for us living in Scandinavia. In Sweden we see them everywhere in the landscape, and sometimes they have been inserted in the foundation of old churches. They typically have a dragon ornament with runes on it. 
/Mats