GWYNETH OLOFSSON

Between 3000 and 4000 years ago people were living just a couple of hundred metres away from the site where Olle's father built the farmhouse. I'm aware that this sounds like a sweeping statement but I've got proof - a map of Mölnebo dated 18 January 2009. It was drawn up by the Lantmäteriet , a fascinating state institution, rather like a Swedish Land Registry, and both loved and feared by the farming community of Tjörn... The particular map I'm writing about is in colour and was easy to print out on my home printer. It's quite large scale, 1:4000, and it shows the farmhouse at Mölnebo and the fields around it, including what is now a meadow which slopes down from the woods to the west of the farmhouse. In Olle's grandfather's time this field was known for growing excellent potatoes but we also know a little about its more distant history for on the map is a symbol - a large, red, letter R - in the middle of the field.This R is in brackets and the top of the letter is sharp, like a..