Neil Hopcroft

Next to the Jarlabankes causeway there are a number of modern interpretations of the inscriptions found on some of the Jarlabankes runestones. More information. “Ingefast had this stone raised and the bridge built for Jarlabanke. His father Joruns son. Kättilö had the stone raised for her husband. Öpir engraved”The dragon weaves across Jarlabankes memorial stone bearing runes about […]

Not far from Broby Bro are the Jarlabanke Runestones, marking the causeway crossing the marsh.

Hiding in the corner of the gravefield are another three rune stones, as well as those by the roadside.

Turning right before Helenelund station there is a piece of wasteland between the railway and the E4 road. Through this wasteground there is a path, so I was curious about where it went. It doesn’t go anywhere, just getting narrower and less inviting until the sun set and it was time to go home.

Not far from the roadside runestones there is a gravefield.

This first looks a lot like other rocks in the ground in this area, but I stopped to take a closer look because of the little information board by it – even standing next to it it wasn’t obvious it was actually a carved stone. These last two are U139 & U140 (though I don’t know which […]

Just outside Södertalje is a Scania truck factory. There is a massive rail interchange associated with it, though I’m not sure they still use rail as a major transport for their finished vehicles.

In the small town of Järna I found another rune stone, by the church. I didn’t know, when I was there, that Järna is the home of Anthroposophy in Sweden.

On my way back from Aspa and Runtuna I stopped at the small town of Gnesta, this is a small town at the periphery of the SL Stockholm commuter rail system. It reminded me, in some ways, of Fort William, though it is half the size.