ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

England Runestones

Have you ever seen letters carved into rocks? Those are called inscriptions, and sometimes those inscriptions have secret messages or tell stories.

A long time ago, the Vikings came to England and they started to carve inscriptions too! But instead of using the letters that the English people used, they used their own special letters that are called runes.

The inscriptions that the Vikings carved into rocks are called the "England Runestones". They are like little messages that the Vikings left behind to say "Hey, we were here!".

These inscriptions tell us things about the Vikings like who they were, where they came from, and even some of the things they did while they were in England!

Today, people study the England Runestones to learn more about the Vikings and what they were like.