September 5, 2021:
Some years after the last visit (already ten years ago, see further down) I received an email that you could no longer visit Gullarp's cemetery, because you had to cross private land. Time to investigate if that is the case. First lunch (shrimp sandwich) in Borgstugan at Trollenäs castle. Then walk on Trollestigen along the field and river to the village Gullarp. In the distance you can see the grove where the deserted cemetery is located. Asks a nice man in the village about what it is like to enter the cemetery, no problem it is not private land at all. He thinks it's a nice place and wishes us a nice experience. Just before the country road is a flea market, there is the path to the cemetery. You walk on the grass between the tree curtain towards the country road and the courtyard to the house. Nowadays, it seems to be a housing. A disgraced sign states that the church was built in the 12th century, demolished in the 1880s when a new church was built in Trollenäs. In the cemetery there are tombstones from the Middle Ages. Several of them are lying on the ground in the western part. Large trees grow, in the middle is an open space with a wooden cross and some shaggy ink cap in front of medieval tombstones. The fine tombstone that stands upright is difficult to decipher, last time managed to spell through it. Next door is a pile of stones, including something resembling an ornament to a tombstone. It says on the sign that you can see the remains of the church grounds, maybe it is a pile of stones. Goes back to Borgstugan and has a coffee.

13 March 2011: East of Trollenäs castle, along the highway to Eslöv, is the small village Gullarp located. Behind a barrier towards the road is Gullarp old cemetary in a grove. A high cross marks the spot where the Gullarp medieval church was. It was demolished when Trollenäs church was built in the 1880s. Material was taken from the demolished church. A blank sign informs nothing. There are a number of gravestones. A small stone with a small cross. Small half-moon shaped with barely visible symbols. Along the west side is a row of flat gravestones with crosses on. Many are probably medieval. At an elevation is a more modern tombstone, with graceful, somewhat opaque inscription, which I spell my way through as (translated from swedish):

With some question marks, hard to read. The Chestnut buds are waiting for the spring.

A low wall runs along the embankment to the road. February 18, 1710 took a small battle place here, Danish forces were hiding behind the churchyard wall and caused the Swedes losses. But it was perhaps not today's wall. The Swedes took revenge ten days later at the decisive Battle of Helsingborg. Leaving the place next to a paddock, next to what has perhaps been the parsonage.

Continuing my walk on Trollestigen.

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