Neil Hopcroft

Over the road for Högbo bruk is a small country church.

Outside the church at Västeråker are a couple of rune stones. Then a few more across the countryside nearby. Upplands 847:“Åsger och Gislög lät resa denna sten efter sina två söner, Ådjärv och Slode. Åsmund högg rätta runor för den som skall tyda. Åsmund … ristade.” Upplands 846:“Jovurfast, …-fast, Vigunn, de lät [rista] dessa [runor] efter sin […]

Hidden in the walls of Dalby Church is a fragment of a rune stone.

Further north west on the island of Ekerö is the village of Munsö, with a round church.

Asknäs is a small village on the island of Ekerö.

Sorunda is a small village not far from Nynäshamn.

Nynäshamn is a small town on the end of the Pendletåg from central Stockholm. Meaning literally “New Nose Harbour” it is the landing point for ferries across the Baltic to Poland and Gotland.

I stopped at Edssjön before, on my way back from Runsa, but there was a wedding going on so I didn’t get a chance to explore. Not that there is a lot to see there.