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Landsbrorundan, avstickare till Lannaskede gamla kyrka

  • Municipality: Vetlanda
  • 6785.78 km away from you
  • 0.3 km

Lannaskede Old Church is one of the country's oldest Romanesque churches, built around 1150. The church was probably built by stone workers who worked on building Lund Cathedral. The church shows influence from the cathedral.

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Gruvrundan, avstickare till Kleva gruva

  • Municipality: Vetlanda
  • 6801.80 km away from you
  • 2.0 km

At Kleva Mine, you'll be reminded of the hard work that goes into reaching the heart of the earth to collect treasure. Mine walks, treasure hunts, gold panning and climbing are examples of the different activities on offer for the whole family. Three centur…

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Stora Ryet, fossil farmlands

  • Municipality: Värnamo
  • 6753.02 km away from you

100 years ago, the landscape around you consisted of large cleared and cultivated agricultural lands. These are now abandoned and called fossil farmlands. The remains today are stone walls and cairns, and they act as small biotopes, important habitats for m…

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Sankt Sigfrids källa

  • Municipality: Sävsjö
  • 6779.63 km away from you

Along Sävsjö häradsväg, near Vallsjö old church, there is a spring named after Saint Sigfrid. Can you see the small pits that are said to be marks of his knees? About the bowl pits in the now moss-covered stone, legend has it that they are marks of St. Sigf…

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Galgabacken

  • Municipality: Sävsjö
  • 6772.00 km away from you

Galgabacken is a place just outside Komstad that was used as an execution site in the latter half of the 18th century. If you are interested in reading more about the history of the site, visit the website visitsavsjo.se - Galgabacken - Sävsjö municipality

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Gravfält Norra Ljunga

  • Municipality: Sävsjö
  • 6772.31 km away from you

Burial grounds that were probably used as far back as the Late Iron Age. There are burial mounds, tridents, stone circles and doom rings. Most of the at least 100 graves and stone circles here are difficult to distinguish, but some are clearly visible. For…

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Vallsjös gamla runsten

  • Municipality: Sävsjö
  • 6779.54 km away from you

Beautifully situated on top of the hill on Vallsjö meadow stands an old rune stone with the text "Väsäte and Ivar and Sylva, brothers three made bridge, this and put stone, this after Tjälve, father his". The different locations of the rune stone Originally…

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Västragårds gravält med Vråes sten

  • Municipality: Sävsjö
  • 6772.30 km away from you

Västraård's burial ground contains several ancient monuments, such as stone circles, burial mounds and standing stones. The most famous and striking is a rune stone called Västragårdsstenen or Vråes sten. The rune stone is made of gray granite and almost th…

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Sibbestenen

  • Municipality: Sävsjö
  • 6776.15 km away from you

Vikingen Olof reste stenen över sin son Sibbe som hade dött i England, troligtvis på en vikingafärd. Legenden säger att det ligger en jätte begravd intill stenen i en kopparkista. Intill ligger två stora gravfält från järnåldern och nyligen funna skålgropar…

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Häradsvägen

  • Municipality: Sävsjö
  • 6770.10 km away from you
  • 20.0 km
  • Difficulty: Green

Sävsjö Häradsväg between Vallsjö and Norra Ljunga is part of the history of Njudung. The road stretch of just under 20 kilometres showcases Småland at its very best. The route passes lakes, forests, fields and meadows. Halfway along the road lies the town o…

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Komstad kvarn

  • Municipality: Sävsjö
  • 6771.50 km away from you

The country store still has its interior and some goods from the time before it closed in 1975. The frame saw from 1871 is driven by water wheels as in the past. The village environment includes, for example, a mill, circular saw and millstone foundry. In o…

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