Nytorps gärde, Municipal park in Kärrtorp district, Stockholm, Sweden.
Nytorps gärde is a broad grass field mostly in the Kärrtorp district of southern Stockholm, with smaller parts in Hammarbyhöjden, Björkhagen and Gamla Enskede. It holds Nytorps bollplan, Nytorpsbadet outdoor pool, a small wooded patch and Kärrtorps IP at its eastern end. Nytorpsberget, a small rocky hill in the middle, carries an Iron Age burial ground with seven round stone settings 4 to 8 metres across.
The park's name comes from a farm that once stood where the Nytorpsbadet swimming pool now exists, demolished in 1961. The grounds still contain remnants from World War II fortifications and Iron Age burial sites.
The name Nytorps gärde comes from the Nytorp croft, which stood in the eastern part of today's Nytorpsbadet and belonged to Hammarby gård. Each year Walpurgis Night is celebrated on the field; since 2004 the Kärrtorp scout troop has organised the bonfire gathering.
The area is easy to access on foot and provides ample space for relaxation as well as play and training activities. Visitors should expect damp paths during wet weather, especially in the wooded sections.
On Nytorpsberget, the small rocky hill in the middle of the field, a World War II anti-aircraft position left a round and a square concrete foundation for a searchlight with a mobile generator and a listening device, built to watch for hostile aircraft. Nearby lie seven round stone settings, 4 to 8 metres across, from an Iron Age burial ground that archaeologists have never excavated.
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