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**Loftaleden begins and ends at Lofta Church and is 20 km long. *
Here, varied landscapes are passed in partially hilly terrain with rock quarries through a vibrant agricultural and forestry landscape. Leden begins at Lofta Church which is from 1837 and is one of Sweden’s largest country churches. The trail then continues past one of all the rock carvings that you will pass along the trail. One of these rock carvings is the Foreign Stone that has a unique carving with a man who ploughs with a horse, sun symbols ship and bowl pits. Several sights passed under the joint include a large Bronze Age threshold as well as a stone square and pebblestone field from Ancylustid (700 BC). At the Bronze Age 2500–4000 years ago, the Baltic Sea stood about 10 meters above the current level.
Hammar Gamleby shows how the sea has withdrawn. One of the most evident signs of ancient high water standings is the stone fields at the entrance to Västervik. The large floating blocks at Gamleby Folkhögskola reminiscent of even older times. Ancylussjön, a former freshwater stage of the Baltic Sea, which was 8700–8000 f. Kr. is considered to have created the chipstone fields on the loftaled. The trail also has several breaks.
Facts
Leader: Lofting the home community
Stage: No no no no
Award: Hanging metal bands and solid arrows in occragul color
Overnight: No no no no
Sanitary: WC in Church and TC in Råberga