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Ruins of another sawmill

Posted by ChristianA on 2 June 2017 in English.

So I found the ruins of another sawmill in a forest. OK I had known about it for some time, though I was not sure it was much left or not. On an old map from the 40s (Ekonomiska kartan) it was visible and on an orienteering map from the 80s it was marked as a ruin. So I figured there might be something interesting there.

Ekonomiska kartan

Orienteering map

On my last mtb tour I went to look for it. I started to look for the path that was supposed to be through the forest. This turned out to be a mistake. There were note many signs of any path and I more or less had to carry my bike through parts of the forest. When I reached the water I finally saw an old path. I started to cycle on it, but after perhaps 50 meters it disappered again. Then the terrain got worse; wet mud combined with high grass with old dead trees on the ground. I was about to give up several times but always thought that if I would have given up, the whole thing would be for nothing. So I kept going.

Finally the ground became smoother and I found myself on an old road of sorts. And after a few meters I saw a pile of old broken bricks. Then I saw concrete foundations sticking out among the trees; I had found it! There were not much apart from the concrete foundations. And since there were so many mosquitoes trying to feed on me I did not want to stay for too long. I wanted to search for any old railway tracks, but the high grass made that difficult.

Fancy looking ruins

I took a few pictures and tried to outline the concrete structure with my gps. Then I followed the nice and even road out from the forest. I plan to go back someday, during autumn when there is not so much grass and mosquitoes. Then I will use the road directly and save myself 20 minutes of bike carrying.

The final result

Location: 58.693, 16.470

Discussion

Comment from NunoCaldeira on 2 June 2017 at 20:11

Looks good. Next time Mapillary it so we can do a virtual tour. Place looks great

Comment from ChristianA on 3 June 2017 at 16:58

Hi, yeah I guess I should do that as well. I haven’t been using Mapillary for a long time, but I know I should…

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