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Text from Dellenportalen: Sacrificial stone The stone is located along old Skäråsvägen. Sacrificial stones or sacrificial casts are often remains from the Iron Age. As the name suggests (sacrifice), the place reminds us that someone has met a violent death there. The custom was such that when passing a sacrificial caste, one had to throw a stone or stick to avoid meeting the ghost of the dead. Over time, the tragedy behind the sacrificial stone has been forgotten and instead the stone has become a place that brings good luck and fortune. Young people on their way to the pastures would compete to get their thrown stones to stay on the sacrificial stone, because if the stone stayed there, it would bring good luck to the girls on the embankment. Sacrificial throwing has occurred throughout the country, but mainly in central Sweden, according to the Nationalencyklopedin.