Angarn ()
is a former
ward in
Vallentuna Municipality,
Uppland
Uppland () is a historical province or ' on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital. It borders Södermanland, Västmanland and Gästrikland. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. On the small uninhab ...
(
Stockholm
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). Since 2006, Angarn has been part of
Össeby congregation.
In Angarn there are about 450
ancient monuments:
cairn
A cairn is a man-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound. The word ''cairn'' comes from the gd, cà rn (plural ).
Cairns have been and are used for a broad variety of purposes. In prehis ...
s and
stone circles of
Bronze Age type, a remarkable
rock carving,
burial ground
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...
from the older and younger
Iron Age and 10
rune stones.
The rectangular
granite Angarn Church was probably built at the end of the 13th century.
The name ("Angarnæ", 1333) is a composition of ''an'' ("received") and ''garn'' ("elongated formation"), here referring to
Angarnsjöängen, formerly a bay against
Garnviken (formerly Garn).
References
Populated places in Vallentuna Municipality
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