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Natural PlacesSite Name: RunkestenCountry: Sweden
NOTE: This site is 49.81 km away from the location you searched for.
Landskap: Småland Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Mariannelund Nearest Village: Rumskulla
Latitude: 57.633300N Longitude: 15.610000E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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Experts appoint Runkesten to be the largest movable glacial erratic in the world.
The melting ice deposited this block and left it in such a way that even a child can fairly easy move it back and forth some 5 to 10 cm.
But be aware that according to legend the giant woman Kåra, who once hurled the stone at the church in Rumskulla, will come back and kill anyone who brings it to fall over!
The name Runkesten refers to a jerking back and forward motion, but it can just as well bring modern people to giggle and even a few embarrassed faces!
Directions: A sign along the road between Mariannelund and Rumskulla.
Picture courtesy of Vimmerby Tourist Bureau
http://www.turism.vimmerby.se/eng/eturism/et16.asp
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