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It was then found years later by the locals who made many attempts to drag the chest from under the fall. On one occasion a rope was fixed to a ring at the end of the chest but it broke off & the chest disappeared in the abyss.
The Prasi Ring then became the door ring of Skógar Church until 1890 & is today housed at the Museum of Skógar.