The Gallows Hill in Hamneda.

The Gallows Hill in Hamneda.

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Geocaching - Treasure-hunting in the Land of Legends

With the help of a GPS Device you can go treasure-hunting in th Land of Legends! The treasure you will find is of course an exciting story. You will also find a telephone number. Call it up and listen to the thrilling story of what happened right on the spot where you are right now.

Treasure-hunting with GPS is called geocaching. You can find out more about geocahcing at www.geocaching.com. From there you can enter the coordinates of the hiding-places for our treasures into your GPS Device.

Stickelien and Lidhult
This is the place where the badly injured King Pigge met his fate.
N 56°49.740, E 013°26.901

Prästastenen i Hästhult – The Priest Stone at Hästhult
The Priest’s Stone in Hästhult is a haunted place. Who is the unhappy ghost?
N 56°49.552, E 013°33.858   

Skams stenar – The Devil´s Rocks
Skam is an old Swedish word för the devil. Here the devil once met a priest. Who was the stronger one of the two?
N 56°46.957  E 013°27.438  

Hejrakull
Three boys were watching the cattle in the forest. One of them died! How?
N 56°36.936, E 013°23.825   

Rungehall
Try to move the big rock!
N 56°37.199, E 013°24.223

The Rune Stone at Trotteslöv
A magic rune stone!
N 56°54.361, E 013°59.277

Ättestupan i Sickinge
In this place the villagers of Sickinge pushed old people off the steep cliff. True or just fabrication?
N 56°51.500, E 013°58.949
 
Tutaryds church
When the church of Tutaryd was built the trolls arrived.
N 56°50.605, E 014°02.811  

The Gnome in Södra Ljunga Manse
A maid at the parsonage of Södra Ljunga heard words she had never heard before.
N 56°44.396, E 013°58.061

Galgbacken i Hamneda – The Gallows Hill in Hamneda.
Once a troublemaker, named Arvid of Öshult, was taken to the gallows to be executed.
N 56°41.355, E 013°50.272

Trollskatten i Kopparhatt – Troll Treasure at Copper hat
All treasures do not bring happiness.
N 57°04.927, E 014°28.779 ’

Flickebacken – The Maiden Hill
The Black Death afflicted Sweden in the 14th century. At Flickebacken something terrible happened.
N 57°04.162, E 014°31.066

Den döde i Alekärret – The dead man in The Alder marsh
Love might have fatal consequences.  
N 56°44.952, E 014°34.223  

Bockakullen
The most notorious loudmouth of Torsåsby once was here. Why? What happened?
N 56°41.062, E 014°33.265

The trolls of Scheibaberget
If you are nice to the trolls you might get a reward.
N 56°40.209 , E 014°34.651

Pukerör
This is a place of cruel and sudden death. Watch out!
N 56°38.802, E 014°18.528

Staffansön
A man named Staffan died here after he had a frightful vision on the bog.
N 56°35.210, E 014°01.426

Barnö – Childrens Island
Here two young people found a hiding-place for a new-born baby.
N 56°31.548, E 013.52.547’ / N 56°31’32.9’, E 013°52’32.8’’

Bortbytabacken – The Changeling Hill at Skåparyd
The trolls had abducted a human child. What could the mother do about it?
N 56°28.300’, E 013°54.159

Jätteraset vid Helgeå – The Giant stone heap by the river, Helgeå
Large rocks are stacked helter-skelter at Helgeå. How did they end up here?
N 56°26.522, E 013°52.579

 

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