[120] In 1612 the church stood nearer to the post, but it was later removed, owing to the encroachments of the river. At that time also the old church-yard at Qvam ceased to be used.
[When the present highroad was constructed the post was replaced by a large stone slab, inscribed:—
Here was the Leader of the Scots,
George Sinclair,
Buried after he had fallen at Kringelen, the
26th August 1612.—T. M.]
[121] This post was set up in 1789 by a couple of Bönder after an older one had been destroyed by the inundation.—N. H. C. Bloch's "Observations on a Journey from Trondhjem to Christiania, in 1806," p. 26.
[The tablet is now in the possession of Mr. J. Heftye. An illustration of it is given here.—T. M.]
[122] "1612, the 24th August."
[123] "900 Scots were beaten here by an inferior force of 300 Bönder from Lessö, Vaage, Froen, and Ringebo parishes."
[124] "When, in July (the 15th) 1733, the king was graciously pleased to travel past this place to Trondhjem."
The many inaccuracies in this inscription will be seen from what has been written above. The inscription is also printed in Kjerulf's Journal of Christian the Sixth's journey in Norway, 1733, p. 40; in Bing's "Norges Beskr" (Description of Norway), p. 348; in Hjorthöi's "Description of Gudbrandsdalen," part ii., pp. 33, 34; and in "Budstikken," 1821, p. 111. In Edvard Storm's collected poems (Copenhagen, 1785), the post is engraved on the title-page. The first two lines of the inscription are by the celebrated poet Bishop Kingo, and are to be found on the so-called Reisedalere (journey dollars) which King Frederick IV. caused to be distributed on his journey through Norway in 1704.