Neil Hopcroft

I found something called a ‘borgruin‘ on the map, so had to go and find out what that was. Turns out that its a ruined manor house, which, in its day, must have been an impressive property looking out over the lake.

Some rune stones outside Angarns Kyrka.

Near the small town of Orkesta is a ruined manor house – really it is just foundations now but the artists impression on an information board nearby suggest it was at one time an impressive building.

U337“+ hemik + uk + sialfi + uk + iohan + þeiR + lata hakua + eftR + faþur sin + finuiþ + uk + uarkas × uk × rahnfriþ + uk moþur sina + uk + at + ikikerþi + uk + at + kalf + uk + kiarþar + u- …-at + (h)an […]

Near the Markim gravefields there is a rune stone, U338.“þurstin × uk × ragnfriR × þu ristu × stin × þina × iftiR × biur[n] × i krnbu× bruþur × kalfs × anum × ua[at × uikmu – – R × ku]þ ihlbi × [o]ns × ot × uk × salu × bitr × þan × on karþ[i] […]

Just outside the small village of Markim there are some gravefields.

U779“Järand reste dessa stenar efter Jarl, sin son. Guo hjälpe hans ande”“Järand raised this stone after Jarl, his son. Who helped ???”

The town of Enköping is just over half an hours drive west from here, it is a small old town with a lot of history both in and around.

Not far from the Brandskogship are a number of other rock carvings showing various important things from their time – a lot of ships and herds of animals, along with a number of people.

The Brandskogskeppet (“fire forest ship”) is a carving of a ship in the forest at the edge of what was once a lake – the land has been rising for centuries and it is now by a lush valley.