Brödrahalla runsten

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County: Jönköpings län
6732.50 km away from you

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Brödrahalla is located in a birch grove and has been identified as the old courthouse of Västbo district. On the site there are several erected stones from different eras, including a rune stone from the 10th or 11th century. The rune stone is erected a few tens of meters north of the railway two km east of Reftele. The burial ground where it stood became a gravel pit in the 19th century, the stone was damaged and disappeared and was rediscovered in the early 20th century. It was originally erected together with another stone, and there is a legend that tells of two brothers, who had been predicted to kill each other. They moved far away from each other, but fate caught up with them and they killed each other right here. Brödrahalla probably got its name from these brothers.