On August 10, 1985, the barn on Lunnabacken was officially opened. Now the homestead Odensvallahult’s farm was complete. The barn was built in the early 1700s. It was donated to Hembygdsföreningen Gamla Urshult (Old Urshult’s Homestead Association) by the owners Ann-Britt and Karl-Gustav Olofsson from Boaryd in Väckelsång’s parish.

The barn is the only building on Lunnabacken that originally not came from Urshult’s parish. The part, where the byre was, is today the showroom where the homestead association has exhibitions every summer. On the east side of the barn is a “horse carousel”, a machine where a horse, or an ox, pulled around a shaft with a pulley at the other end. The device could push agricultural machinery such as threshing machines, grinders and chaff works, etc.

Over the large doors at the front is an old, long “apple ladder” hanging. During the first half of the 1900s the apple trees were very high. Farmers used to graft trees high enough to let cattle graze without reaching the fruit. This was called "cow grafting". The ladder is donated by Edvard Karlsson, Sånnahult.

 

For opening hours, see Lunnabacken’s summer program or visit our website www.h-g-u.se or www.hembygd.se/hembygdsforeningen-gamla-urshult