The Goat's Cave - a safe haven for goats
Getgrottan (the goat’s cave) an impressive place with giant boulders. The most striking boulder is enormous and rests on other, smaller boulders. Together, they form a roof over the cave's opening. The boulders are rounded in shape despite their size. This may indicate that a lot of water has flowed here with sand, clay and other sediments that have polished them, for example during periods when the inland ice melted. The boulders in Getgrottan consist mainly of Revsund-type granite that is almost 1,900 million years old. It weathers easily and crumbles if you scratch it. The rock has crystallised at a depth of several kilometres, which means that it has solidified slowly and the crystals have had time to grow large. According to old stories, goats used to seek shelter in the cave when the weather was bad. It is also said that religious services were held here and that people prayed for their grazing animals to be protected from bears and wolves.
