So did Wanley have an otherwise unknown and unrecorded rune stone in his possession? Probably not. As has been pointed out (e.g. by R.I. Page, 1969), the confused nature of the inscription makes it more likely to be imagined - an expression of Wanley's antiquarian pursuits rather than a real object.
![An anonymous response from the Great Viking Survey (conducted in 2025), reading: 'Look [like] a viking, smell like a viking and walk like a viking. Then I am probably a viking.'](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:swc44sgsj5whmgfbqcswjiwl/bafkreidwhqyqj4hha4hczpc7ngggn7fxphvem3gyo2jcrfpbjhgzmonfvm)
