The skibssaetning on Amundtorp grave field is 25 metres long and 9 metres wide, and consists of 24 stones, which gradually gets higher towards the ends. 22 stones were re-erected during a restoration in 1938.
On the WSW end of the ship there is a square, consisting of 12 standing stones, of which 5 was re-erected during the
above mentioned restoration.the sides are 15 metres long.
ENE of the ship is a stone ring, 9 metres in diametre,
and on the other side of the fence is another stone ring, 14 metres in diametre, in front of a barrow.
Note the hill behind the stone ship and the square, it's straight
and doesn't look natural. It could be remains from the lime quarry
nearby, but it looks like the ground where the stones are standing has been cut into the hill, leaving part of the hill behind.
South of the site there is also 2 hills, that looks like 2 barrows.
The stone square can be seen in GE.
How to get there:
On road 49 between Skara and Skövde, turn south in Varnhem towards
Broddetorp, and drive for 2.9 kilometres, then you'll see the spot
to your left. Parking spot and info board in Swedish, English and German immediately beside the road.
Park there and walk to the farm. Pass it and walk up the wooden
stairs to the left behind the farm. After another 50 metres
you are at the square of stones.
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This cairn is one of the largest bronze age (1800 - 500BCE) monuments
in Västergötland.
It has a low stone brim around the cairns edge. Large cairns of this type that have been investigated have often contained a cist built of stone slabs, for one burial. Bronze age cairns occur in the whole of Västergötland.
Grave goods from the same period has been found in a number of rather large, low stone settings. Numerous loose finds also show that there have probably been many more graves, now destroyed.
Info sign on the site in Swedish and English.
A grave field with 2 standing stones is found 100 metres NNE
of the cairn (you'll see the stones if you are at Stora rör)
The cairn can be seen in GE.
How to get there:
At highway E20 at the city of Mariestad,
turn southeastwards onto road 201.
Turn right in the roundabout that you arrive to after
13.5 kilometres.
Drive 4 kilometres to Tidan town and look out for a blue sign "Horn 10" to the right. Turn and follow the road to the village of Horn (9.2 kilometres), then turn right at the blue sign "Tidavad 8".
After 2.2 kilometres you see the cairn on your right.
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This is one of Sweden's biggest ring-cairn.
To me, it rather looks like a fort, but the Swedish
heritage board classifies it as a ring-cairn, partly
because it's in a middle of a grave site, with another flat cairn
and 2 stone rings immediately beside it, and 4 more stone rings
i the forest. 200 metres north of the ring-cairn lies another cairn,
which you will pass if you visit the site.
The ring-cairn is visible in GE, and the cairn and stone ring
immediately north of it.
How to get there:
From highway E4, take the exit at Torsvik N (about 7 kilometres south of Jönköping)
and drive westwards to the town Taberg.
In Taberg, turn left in the T-shaped roundabout,
and drive for 4 kilometres, and turn left at the sign "Bratteborg".
After 1.9 kilometres, turn left at the yellow sign "Röshult",
drive up to the farm, (where you see a blue sign "Gravfält 2" turn right and follow the gravel road until you see a a 'No entry' sign.
Turn right onto the small track road, after 100 metres you see
the north cairn to your left, but continue another 150 metres for
a parking spot. Walk south on the track road for 100 metres
and the site is on your right.
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See the field notes for the main site.
(Lundsbacke, category: round cairn)
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Lundsbacke (grove hill) dates from 500BCE to 400CE and consists of about 200 round flat cairns, varying from 3 to 12 metres in diametre, most of the are overgrown,
and 65 standing stones. Furthermore, in the area there is also a total
of 290 metres of low stone walls, which is remains of walls that kept
the iron age farmer's cattle in place.
The grave field was restored 1928. Then 36 fallen stones were re-erected, and 2 graves were examined, where bronze pieces and a bone comb were found, dated to 1st century CE.
Most of the re-erected stones were erected in the plcae where they were lying, but some of them were placed in the stone row on the hill.
How to get there:
From highway E4 between Jönköping and Stockholm,
take the exit in Mjölby onto road 32. Drive northwards for 7.8 kilometres until you reach aroundabout.
After the roundabout, continue north for 2.6 kilometres, then turn right. Drive on this road for 3.7 kilometres, then turn left at the blue sign "Lundsbacke Gravfält 1.0". After about 800 metres you can
park at the info sign, and walk a small pathe to the right towards
the hill.
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In the 1930's the grave field south of Ströböhög was examined,
The barrow is about 35 metres in diametre, and was originally higher.
Today the height is about 10 metres.
The scientist Rickard Dybeck acted together with an earlier owner
of the Strö farm for saving the barrow from total obliteration,
when there was a gravel mining pit on the barrow's east and south side.
How to get there:
Drive on highway E18 to the city of Köping.
The site is immediately north of the crossing with road 250.
The site can be seen in GE
Info board on site in Swedish.
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Kung Ranes hög (King Rane's barrow)
On the cemetery of Flistad church lies Kung Ranes hög.
The barrow has a diametre of 25 metres, and i 5 metres high.
The top is flattened and has a diametre of about 5 metres.
No King Rane is known in the Swedish history,
but Rane is a noa word for the norse god Woden.
The barrow can be seen in GE
Info board on site in Swedish, English and German.
How to get there:
Follow the directions for Askeberga, but after the right-turn in the town Tidan, drive 1,8 kilometres instead of 350 metres, and turn right
at the white sign "Ranes hög 2". Continue to Flistad village and
turn left at a second sign that says "Ranes hög". Parking spot at the church.
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Askeberga is the site of Sweden's second largest skibssaetning,
after Ales stenar in Skåne.
The 24 stones are between 1.5 and 3 metres high, the weight of the
biggest one is estimated to weigh about 30 tonnes.
The size of the ship is 55 x 18 metres, and the fore and aft stones are missing in this ship (like Nässja domarring), as opposed to most other skibssaetnings.
this makes the shape of the stones look more like a longhouse,
a common building during the iron age.
Info board on site in Swedish, English and German.
How to get there:
At highway E20 at the city of Mariestad,
turn southeastwards onto road 201.
Turn right in the roundabout that you arrive to after
13.5 kilometres.
Drive 4 kilometres to Tidan town and look out for
a right-pointing white sign "Skeppssättning".
turn right, and after 350 metres turn right again
and after 1.2 kilometres the site and parking spot is to your right.
The site can be seen in GE
The site has been a gathering place since it was built in the younger iron age, in the south part of the ship there is a foundation for a flag pole, made 19 june 1942.
The ship is pointing in north-south direction, and is almost directly north of Ales stenar.
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At Anundshög there are 5 skibssaetnings. No other site in Sweden has such a number of big skibssaetnings in a small area.
According to written sources, the stones were lying down in the 17th
century. Probably the stones were understanded as pagan objects,
and were destroyed when christianity grew.
The stones remained lying until 1932, when the restoration of 4 of the
skibssaetnings began. The ground around the area were examined.
Close to the nearest stone to Anundshög some burned bones and a pottery shard was found, maybe a grave.
In the middle of the ships there is a round stone, perhaps symbolizing the mast of the ship.
The skibssaetning closest to Anundshög measures 53 metres lon and 16 wide. The other one is 51 metres long and 25 wide.
The 3 smaller ones are 35, 28 and 23 metres long respectively.
The fifth skibssaetning is still waiting to be restored.
Sorry for the pictures, some moron thought this was a good place to
erect a stage..... I'll try to supply better pictures the next time i visit the area.
Info board on site in Swedish, English, German and French.
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The big ship, made of 24 stones, whereof 10 is standing, is one of the largest in Sweden.
One peculiar thing with this skibsaetning is that the
usually larger bow- and aft stones are missing,
just like in the Askeberga skibssaetning.
The size of the skibsaetning is 44 x 18 metres,
the lying stones is 1.5-2.8 metres long, 1.1-2.4 metres wide and
0.6-1.6 metres thick.
The standing stones are 1.5-2.4 metres high, 1.25-2.25 metres wide and
0.9-1.6 metres thick.
The stones are connected by a wall, 2-3 metres wide and 0.1-0.2 metres high.
The skibssaetning was examined in 1953.
The other 23 graves are round, flat barrows, except for one
quadratic one, with standing stones in the corners.
The biggest one of the flat barrows has been reworked in later times,
to be used as a fundament for a windmill.
GE has too bad resolution in the area
Info board on site in Swedish and English.
How to get there:
On Highway E4, about 58 kilometres north of Jönköping,
take the exit to road 50 towards Motala and drive for 27.6 kilometres (take care - a lot of speed cameras on this road)
then turn left and continue for 4.6 kilometres.
There is no parking directly at the site, so
park at the church 200 metres south of the site.
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Hill fort, placed on a steep moraine hill with double walls, both walls has
several entrances, whereof the south one is probably the original one.
The inner wall is about 150 metres long and 2-3 metres high. The width is about 10 metres. On the inside you can see traces of dry masonry on several places.
The outer wall is about 250 metres long, 3 metres wide and 0.5 - 1.5 metres high.
The major part of the fort was built between 200 to 600CE
Info board on site in Swedish.
How to get there:
From highway E18, take the exit to road 53 about 12 kilometres
west of Västerås. Drive 2,7 kilometres, then turn right onto road
558 towards Kolbäck and drive for 4.2 kilometres where
there is a crossing.
Continue through the crossing, and after 150 metres there is a parking
slot on your left, and the fort is on the hill to the left of the road.
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This site comprises of almost 50 standing stones, some of which are positioned to form stone circles.
There are 4 stone circles here, two of which are missing one stone each.
This burial ground dates back to 400-1050CE
Info board on site in Swedish, English and German
The site can be seen in GE
How to get there:
From highway E20, take the exit to road 50 towards Askersund,
after 2.6 kilometres turn left towards Hallsberg and drive
through the town.
When you have exit Hallsberg, continue for about 1.5 kilometres,
and you see the site to your right.
Look out for a yellow sign with crossed black lines that says "Water protection area" on the left side of the road. 10 metres after this sign there is a small parking spot on the left.
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The Anundshög barrow is Sweden's biggest, with a diametre of 64-68
metres and 9 metres high.
It's dated to younger iron age (500-900CE)
In 1788 thw barrow was digged by grave robbers. No info exists about
if they found anything, and they never managed to dig down to the
tomb.
The first arcaeological examination was made in 1998.
Test drillings were made and shafts were dug in the barrow's north
and south part.
It was discovered that the barrow was placed on an older settlement.
The bottom layer of the barrow consists of mud. On this layer the funeral pyre was set.
This has been covered with a cairn, 37 metres in diametre and 4.5 metres high.
The cairn has then been covered by earth.
Info board on site in Swedish, English, German and French.
How to get there:
Driving westwards towards Västerås, take the second exit
when you enter the city (the first exit leads to the airport)
and drive northwards. Drive for 1.5 kilometres and turn right.
The site is on the left side of the road after 2.5 kilometres.
Note:
Look out for white signs with the text "Anundshög",
and they will guide you.
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The hill fort Viksberget has not been dated,
but dated hill forts in the area are mainly from
400-600CE.
The size is about 75 x 50 metres, with a 150 metres long wall.
In the south part steps has been built in later times.
The round wall on the top, 6 metres in diametre is also built in later times.
It was useful once again in WW2, when the Swedish army
built the terrace found about 30 metres east of the fort, with the size 8 x 7 metres, using it for
looking for foreign aircrafts. This task was often executed by women,
who was called 'swifts' (the bird)
Info board on site in Swedish and a little English.
How to get there:
The site is on the east side of the crossing between road 56
and road 214, about 19 kilometres north of Katrineholm.
Drive 150 metres east on road 214, and you'll find the site
and a parking spot on your right.
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Here on Boeryds gravfält (Grave field of Boeryd), you can find
2 tri-radial cairns, 4 standing stones and 17 stone circles.
The tri-radial cairns is 13-20 metres long, and 0,4 high,
with the ends pointing at E-SSW-NNW and NE-SSE-WNW.
The stone rings are 4-10 metres in diametre, consisting of 5 to 9 stones
each.
The site was restored in the 1930's.
Swedish national heritage board site code: Månsarp 25:1
Info board on site with Swedish, English and German
Some of the stone rings can be seen in GE (between the trees).
How to get there:
From highway E4, take the exit at Torsvik N (about 7 kilometres south of Jönköping)
and drive westwards to the town Taberg.
In Taberg, turn right in the T-shaped roundabout, drive 300 metres and
then turn left and go under the railroad bridge. After 3 kilometres on this road
there is a sign "Boerydsgravfältet" pointing to the right, and a few metres into the forest there
is a parking sign. Park there and the site is in front of you.
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Kånna högar (Kånna barrows) is one of Småland's biggest grave fields.
There are almost 300 graves, 230 barrows erected around 500-1000CE.
From the older part (500BCE-500CE) there are 2 stone ring , 30 standing stones,
2 treuddar (tri-radial cairns), 15 ring cairns and a dolmen
On the oldest part, from the bronze age (1800-500BCE) there is a cairn.
There is an info board on the site in Swedish, English and German.
The cemetery can clearly be seen in GE (or Google maps)
How to get there:
Drive towards the city Ljungby on highway E4, turn off at the south exit
to Ljungby. Drive 700 metres towards Ljungby until the road curves to the left.
There you turn right, and drive for 1 kilmometre. You will see the site to your right,
but continue for about 200 metres until you see a sight sign with the word 'Gravfält'
pointing to the right. Turn right and drive for 250 metres where you will find a parking spot.
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The chamber in this grave is built of
11 stones, and has 3 capstones.
The passage consists of 6 stones on each side, and 3 capstones.
The entrance width is 0,7 and height 0,6 metres.
The length of the passage:2,7 , the chamber length 4,3 and width 2,1 metres.
The passage grave was examined 1843, 1907, 1951 and 1953.
Amber pearls, arrow heads, axes, chisels, drills, knives and
scrapes of flintstone clay pots and the remains of at least 7 people
has been found.
About 2 metres east of the passage grave are the remains of a cist, consisting
of 4 stones.
The mound can be seen in GE and the passage entrance can just be
seen on the eastsoutheast edge.
How to get there:
After you have visited the site Glumslövs backar, continue northwards on highway E6
and turn off at the next exit (after 3 kilometres). Turn westwards and turn left in
the roundabout after 600 metres. Turn right just when you leave the town
Glumslöv (after 3,6 kilometres), and after 3,1 kilometres you will find a parking spot to the right. Park there and the site is in the field northwest of the parking spot.
Note:
The site is in the middle of a farmer's field, on GE you can see a track through the field pointing northwest. When i visited the site, this track didn't exist, i found one
southwest of the site instead, so when you visit the spot, please look carefully around
the field and try to find an existing track, to avoid destroying crops.
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Complex site consisting of 2 damaged passage graves and 20 barrows.
8 of the barrows are well preserved and can be seen in GE.
The barrows are from the early bronze age (2000-2800BCE)
One of the biggest barrow is called 'Viktors hög' (Viktor's barrow)
and some of the others is called 'Björne högar', but none of these names
are known to historians, so the barrows are probably named by later inhabitants
of the close-by villages.
One of the barrows, which in later times were used as an execution place,
are called 'Galgbacken' (Gallows hill).
Also the passage graves can be seen (the 2 small barrows closest to the highway)
Several stones has been blasted away, and the capstones are gone.
They have been examined 1842 by professor Sven Nilsson, 1921 by O frödin and crown prince Gustav Adolf. The findings were crashed pottery ,miscanellous flint stone items,
stone axes and amber pearls.
They were built around 3600-3200BCE, by the funnel-beaker culture, who was
Sweden's and Denmark's first farmers.
Sorry for the bad pictures, I (or you?) will try to take some more pictures
in the winter, when the grass is down, and the stones more visible.
Info board on site in Swedish, English and German.
How to get there:
The site lies between the cities Landskrona and Helsingborg.
it's easiest if you arrive from the south (suggestion: Visit the site Gillhög first)
Drive on the highway E6. When you have travelled 8 kilometres from Landskrona,
you will drive up on to a big hill. On the top of the hill, there is
a gas station and Burger King, turn at this exit and park the car.
The site is immediately south of the gas station.
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Gillhög is one of Skåne's best preserved passage grave.
The barrow is about 25 metres in diametre and 2.5 metres high
The passage is 5,5 metres long and 0.5 -1.2 wide.
It was examined in 1932 under supervision of Mr. O Rydbäck.
They found some skeletons, 1 knife made of flintstone, pearls made of amber,
some crashed pottery and miscanellous tools made of flintstone.
Due to risk of collapsing, Gillhög was restored during 1986
by a team of Danish archaeologists
This site can also be found in Julian Cope's book 'The Megalithic European'
under the name Hofterup, but he also mentions Gillhög in the text.
The compass-reading of the passage is about 121 degrees.
there is an information board on the site with Swedish, English and German info.
How to get there:
The site is situated between the cities Malmö and Landskrona.
Take the highway E6 and turn of the road at the north exit to the town of Löddeköpinge (if you arrive from Landskrona, you will see the shopping centre 'Center syd' on the east side of the road immediately before the exit.
Turn westwards toward Barsebäck, drive about 2.4 kilometres. When you are driving upwards a hill, look for a attraction sight sign that points to the left.
Turn left onto the gravel road and drive about 200 metres. turn right and you are at the spot.
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This burial field was restored in the 1940s. There are 60 graves, of which 38 are stone circles of varying size (the 2 biggest in the pictures). The trident is unusually large, and is probably a cenotaph, a symbolic grave. The site is from early iron age, 500BCE to 500CE.
How to get there
Take the south road (road 132) to Aneby from road 32. When you reach Aneby, turn right, and immediately left, so you drive on a bridge over road 132.
After 7 kilometres, turn left towards Flisby. The site is on the right side after 1 kilometre.
The trident can be seen in GE (or Google maps).
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