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Hins kärrspår

  • Municipality: Smedjebacken
  • 6662.27 km away from you

Hins bog tracks consist of grooves and ridges in the rock According to an old legend, Hin Onde drove over the soft rock with a heavily loaded wagon. For the "adventurous", there is a marker along the Smè Trail that points to Hin's track in the forest. From…

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Bråfallsstenen

  • Municipality: Smedjebacken
  • 6649.57 km away from you

The slump stone - stone with an interesting pattern. The pattern is similar to a wave band in the structure of the stone. The stone is a so-called migmatite, a metamorphic rock that once melted together during volcanic activity. The rock contains, among oth…

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Skärsjöstenen

  • Municipality: Hedemora
  • 6685.54 km away from you

Skärsjöstenen är ett ovanligt stort flyttblock, ungefär 6 meter högt, som utpekades som naturminne av Länsstyrelsen Dalarna 1923. Enligt sägnen vrider sig stenen när kyrkklockorna ringer. Till Skärsjöstenen går ingen bilväg, men däremot vandringsleder från…

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Trefotastenen i Fänsjö

  • Municipality: Hedemora
  • 6695.66 km away from you

Trefotastenen i Fänsjö är ett större flyttblock, ca 3-4 meter högt, som står placerat ovanpå andra stenar. Därav beteckningen trefotasten. Stenen är sedan 1928 utpekat som naturminne av Länsstyrelsen Dalarna. Från byn Fänsjö är det ca 1,5 km fin vandring på…

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Skålberget

  • Municipality: Rättvik
  • 6605.33 km away from you

Skålberget is a protected disused limestone quarry where the geological layers in the exposed bedrock include two levels of light pure limestone called Kullsbergs and Boda limestone. Skålberget natural monument Skålberget's limestone quarry was protected as…

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Böls kyrka

  • Municipality: Falun
  • 6653.44 km away from you

"A whole church village, with a vicarage, bell tower and parish house", is how a man from Svärdsjö once described Böl's church with an artistic imagination. But this is a large-scale migratory block, brought here by the ice sheet some 10 000 years ago. Yes,…

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Stor Sten

  • Municipality: Falun
  • 6653.67 km away from you

There are plenty of more or less large stones in our landscape. Some are larger than others and therefore attract more interest than others, as is the case with Stor Sten on Isalanäset in Svärdsjö. Here there is a giant boulder, 7 meters high and about 30 m…

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Övre och Nedre Sporrberg

  • Municipality: Smedjebacken
  • 6656.39 km away from you

Ruins and remains of the village of Sporrberg. Sporrberg dates back to the 17th century and was at its largest at the end of the 19th century, with at most about 10 families. All that remains today is the ruin of a barn. The area is home to the Finnklinten,…

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