Brahälla, Ruins of a hunting castle in Adelöv, Sweden

Brahälla is a stone hunting lodge from the 1600s perched on a hilltop near Lake Noen, with three vaulted cellars and hall foundations still visible today. The layout shows separate spaces for storage and daily living areas from its original design.

Per Brahe the Younger acquired Näs manor in 1659, and Brahälla was begun on its grounds in 1680, walled by mason Måns from Hultbäcken in Bälaryd parish. Brahe died that autumn, and the unfinished lodge passed to the crown under the 1680 Riksdag's reduction. Farmers from Skog stole bricks in 1795; a storm blew the roof into lake Noen before 1857.

The name Brahälla, also written Brahehälla, links the ruin to its builder, Per Brahe the Younger, who acquired Näs manor in 1659. In 1795, farmers from Skog were recorded as having stolen bricks from the building, showing how the abandoned lodge was later treated as a source of material.

The ruin stands on a cliff above lake Noen, so the ground around the walls is uneven and exposed to weather. The walls were consolidated in restorations in 1930–1932, 1961 and 2010. The northern wall lost the section above a window, noted when Nils Månsson Mandelgren visited in 1864.

The ruins contain locally made bricks from the 1600s that reveal details about construction methods of that time. These materials show how craftspeople worked on site centuries ago.