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Hyllestad is renowned for its millstone quarries; the largest stone quarry landscape from the Viking Age and Middle Ages in Northern Europe. Our museum, Millstone Park, is an outdoor museum showing the millstone landscape to the public. Garnet micaschist was the stone for millstones!

Hyllestad is renowned for its millstone quarries; the largest stone quarry landscape from the Viking Age and Middle Ages in Northern Europe. Our museum, Millstone Park, is an outdoor museum showing the millstone landscape to the public. Garnet micaschist was the stone for millstones!

Hyllestad is renowned for its millstone quarries; the largest stone quarry landscape from the Viking Age and Middle Ages in Northern Europe. Our museum, Millstone Park, is an outdoor museum showing the millstone landscape to the public. Garnet micaschist was the stone for millstones!


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