Västerhäll

Location

State: Sweden
Region: Gavle
County: Gävleborg
Parish: Hamrånge

Other references to the location

Directly east of the old E4 road, about 750 meters west of the centre of Bergby

Coordinates

lat=60.931486818356, lon=17.026521184994
60° 55′ 53″ N, 17° 1′ 35″ E

Description

Fertility slide on hillside. Iron Age excavated warrior grave. Place for bonfire in times of war.

Narrative

To get pregnant easier, women were supposed to slide down the hillside of the west side of Västerhäll. You can still see the mark in the stone. The hills with slides often coincide with Iron Age gravefields. These slide are quite common in Sweden.

Attraction

Old rural landscape with its roots in the late Iron Age

Availability

Near the old E4 road, then a short climb

Infrastructure, management, facilities

No infrastructure on the site

Local info

No information on the spot

Capacity

41 and more

Publicity

Known

Legal Status

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