Mussla
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view of church exterior in context - ruins
Scene Description: the remaining ruins of the medieval parish church at Mussla -- it is said to have been abandoned in the 16thC
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Image Source: digital image [2M16-S-0091-39-37] of an undated B&W photograph, in the Falbygdens museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021016040910/mussla-odekyrka-sandhems-by-inom-borstigs-nuvarande-forsamling-fanns-fore] [accessed 24 June 2020]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22756MUS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Mussla Prästgård Kyrkoruin
Church Location: 521 93 Åsarp, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: The ruins of the abandoned church of Mussla are located off local road O2645, jut E of Sandhem, 3 km NE of Börstig, about 50 km SE of Falköping
Historical Region: Frökinds härad
Century and Period: Medieval
Church Notes: four medieval churches are said to have existed in the area, including this one and those at Mussla, Kringlarp and Döve [aka Döfve]; the last three were abandoned in the 16thC; ruins of the Mussla church still visible [www.murberg.se/Sidor/Borstigs Kyrka/Borstigs Kyrka.htm] [accessed 24 June 2020]
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[NB: we have no information on the disappeared medieval church here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.011503, 13.504
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 0′ 41.41″ N, 13° 30′ 14.4″ E
UTM: 33V 411605 6430970