July 18, 2020:
Drive the road from Trollenäs to Västra Strö. Park by the church. At the monument there is no possibility to park. Walk the gravel road west. After about a hundred meters is a sign with a pretzel, a small stone staircase and a cut grasswalk out to the field island with the monument. Thought it was once through a field, this is fine. There is a readable information sign, with a picture on which the seven stones are numbered. Picture of it is during my last visit. On the back of stone 2, a face mask has been carved, unlike the previous visit, it is not as visible. The painting has flaked and more lava and moss hides it. The runic carvings on stones 1 and 2, on the other hand, are clearly visible. The text on the rune stones can be found on the previous visit further down the page. The other stones you may wonder about. Stone 6 seems to have been repaired. Stone 7 is small and cylindrical. A nice place. To the east is Västra Strö church, to the south Trollenäs castle. In the west and north cornfields. A bench for those who want to sit down. A couple comes on a bicycle, settles down on the bench. Stone 6 may become a bicycle rack. Leaving and walking up along the hedge by the church to get an overview from there, zoom in for a more detailed picture.

Drive to Trollenäs Castle. In the parking lot is a large group of motorcyclists. Walk to the café in Borgstugan. Number system, only one party at a time inside because of the corona. Waffle with coffee in the shade of a tree. Good waffle! The church is locked. Walk in the park before returning home.

12 February 2011
Drive the road from Trollenäs castle to Västra Strö. I can see the monument stones stick up on the ground west of the church. Sets the car at the church. Go west on the gravel road. There on a field islet is the Västra Strö monument. Five standing stones and two rune stones. It is winter and the ground is frozen. Around the island it is not yet plowed. At the pretzel that marks the location is a little step up to the path over the field. A mighty Viking monuments which probably stands on its original site. The legend tells that a young girl from Trollenäs castle, visible to the south, was abducted by the troll who lived in the pile. She was never found. Trolls are probably not interested in me, so I dare me out.

The monument is signposted. On the plaque is two maps. One is a woodcut from 1628 in which the stones, as seen from the south, are numbered 1 to 7. The other is a modern sketch, I think there is something wrong with it? Ah, the road and the sign is drawn on the wrong side.

Västra Strö stone 1
Father cut these runes after Asser, his brother, who in north died in viking.

Västra Strö stone 2
Father cut stone after Björn, who owned ship with him.

On the back of the stone 2, is carved a mask. On the side there should be a human couple, but it has probably eroded.

Central is a small cylindrical stone, number 7. A farmer took it home, then it started to haunt him, and it was quiet only when the stone was moved back.

14 April 2006
On my previous visit, we were joined by a sociable cat. It walked with us from the church where I parked the car. A cat interested in runes!

Map