Rone () is a populated area, a '' socken'' (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of

Gotland Gotland (, ; ''Gutland'' in Gutnish), also historically spelled Gottland or Gothland (), is Sweden's largest island. It is also a province, county, municipality, and diocese. The province includes the islands of Fårö and Gotska Sandön to the ...

. It comprises the same area as the administrative Rone District, established on 1January 2016.

Geography

Rone is the name of the ''socken'' as well as the district. It is also the name of the small village surrounding the medieval

Rone Church Rone Church ( sv, Rone kyrka) is a medieval church in Rone on the Swedish island of Gotland. The Gothic church contains a number of medieval murals. It is part of the Church of Sweden and lies in the Diocese of Visby. History The presently visible ...

, sometimes referred to as ''Rone kyrkby''. It is situated in the southeast part of Gotland. The village and harbor Ronehamn is on the southeast coast of Rone. , Rone Church belongs to Alva-Hemse-Rone parish in Sudrets pastorat, along with the churches in Alva and Hemse. One of the

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s in the asteroid belt,

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, is named after this place.

History

There are several Bronze Age

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, càrn (plural ). Cairns have been and are used for a broad variety of purposes. In prehis ...

s in Rone, including ''Uggarde rojr'', the largest cairn on Gotland. Another one is ''Lejstu rojr'', which is also an area of cairns, walls and grave fields. Two of the

s in the asteroid belt,

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and

10810 Lejsturojr 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length ...

, are named after these cairns. ''Rojr'', ''roir'' and ''rör'' are Gutnish words for cairn.

References

External links

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Objects from Rone at the Digital Museum
by Nordic Museum Populated places in Gotland County {{Gotland-geo-stub