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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kallby stone circleCountry: Sweden
NOTE: This site is 12.881 km away from the location you searched for.
Landskap: Västergötland Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Kallby
Latitude: 58.509722N Longitude: 13.316389E
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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Stone circle to west of Kallby. Its correct name is not known, but is down a small track that leads to a pumping station. From the Kalby Rune Stones take the road that leaves the '44' past the petrol station. Keep looking right and the stones are in a field just round the right hand bend. Take the small track to the pumping station and park there and walk.
Seven huge boulders of pink granite, some six foot wide, sit on a slight rise like a cubist sculpture. They are arranged with a gap to the roughly north west( sorry no compass with me) The gap seems intentional as there was no evidence of rock debris anywhere or another out of place stone. The stone that faces the gap may have fallen as its longer and more retangular than the others, but then again it may be just my misinterpritation. The site itself is on a slight rise above a small meandering stream by the pump house. Some of the stones have huge inclussions of quartz in them and they were possibly chosen for this reason. Lovely site. Thanks to stephanie for showing me this site and the rune stones.
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