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The location, referred to as Bjørnemose, is situated in Svendborg Municipality. The administrative responsibility falls under Arkæologi Sydfyn.

The archaeological feature found at this location is a cup mark stone (Skåltegnssten), which is classified as having cup marks (Skåltegn) dating to the Bronze Age. Specifically, the dating spans from 1700 to 500 BC.

The stone was discovered in 1983. The finding occurred during the restoration of a dike (dige). The stone has approximately 60 cup marks.

The investigation history in 1983 included diverse case processing handled by the Nationalmuseet, Danske Afd., Danmarks Oldtid, as well as museal inspection and construction/installation work (Byggeri og anlæg) carried out by Svendborg Museum.

The cup mark stone is currently a component of a stone dike (stendige) that extends southeast of the Æbleskivestenen in Svendborg. It is believed that this specific cup mark stone originally stood together with the Æbleskivestenen and several other cup mark stones that have since vanished.

To locate the cup mark stone, one can walk along the stone dike. Observing the cup marks may be enhanced by shining a light diagonally onto the stone.

This site (listed as SMR KE088-035---- on National Monuments Service) is known locally as the ‘Giant’s Grave’. It is located in a sloping field about 135m SE of the early ecclesiastical site of Killabuonia, overlooking St Finan’s Bay to the southwest.

Unfortunately, it is not easy to identify a structure, which is why I cannot say what type of tomb it might be, or even whether it is a tomb at all. In my opinion, the D-shaped semi-arch argues against the wedge tombs, which are typical of the Iveragh Peninsula.

Drive north-east along Rathkieran Road towards Keel. About 1.6 km after Keel, the tomb is located in a field on the left-hand side, just before the road makes a sharp right-hand bend, climbs uphill and winds around the hill. There is a gate and a path leads towards the tomb.

Visited June 2014

This site is unrecorded. I chanced upon it today, 23/11/25, while field walking uphill from the settlement and burial chamber. This circular structure is approximately eighty feet across, the western arc is in better preservation while the eastern is mainly discerned as a vegetation pattern due to stone robbing. Within it are multiple structural remains, one rectangular. which may be of later date. No stonework is more than a foot above ground, and the spread of the rampart, if you could call it that, is approximately three feet across. I’m classifying this as an enclosure but others are welcome to their opinions.