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Helveteskällan är en av landets största jättegrytor.
Photo: Länsstyrelsen Stockholm -
Grytans svarta vatten är nästan magiskt lockande.
Photo: Karin Karlsson
Helveteskällan, Öja–Landsort
Attraction
- County: Stockholms län
- 6859.18 km away from you
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Description
Helveteskällan ("The Hell spring") is 2.4 m wide and 3.5 m deep, making it one of the largest giant's kettles in the country. The kettle may have been a sacred spring for people in olden times; coins from the 1400s were found here when the kettle was drained in the early 1900s.
Giant's kettles like this one formed during the Ice Age. Water currents under the glacier rotated stones which then eroded the bedrock, forming a deep hole. There are several giant's kettles of varying size in the area.
Mind your step! The path is steep and can be slippery.
Activities And Facilities
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Valuable nature
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Attraction
Facts
Protected since: 1985
Size: 570 hectares of which land 178 hectares
Character: archipelago, deciduous forest, cultural environment
Municipality: Nynäshamn
Landowner: the state
Administrator: County Administrative Board
Form of protection : nature conservation area
Directions
Follow the path from the designated campsite through the pasture. Parts of the trail are very steep, climb carefully!
Regulations
In order to protect the Öja-Landsort nature reserve, please respect the following rules.
Within the reserve, it is forbidden to:
- destroy or damage permanent natural structures,
- pick flowers of the lesser butterfly-orchid,
- break branches or fell trees,
- bring dogs that are not on a leash,
- deliberately disturb wildlife,
- camp or make a fire outside of designated sites.
Contact
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Länsstyrelsen i Stockholm
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