Bjärs Hög

Bjärs Hög, the highest mound of earth on Gotland, once covered the Röse

Bjärs Hög (also called Bjärs backe ) is one of the few Bronze Age roos (1800–500 BC) on the Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea . There is one in Rone and the Elleskogen forest near Garda is home to two other hills from this period.

Behind Bjärs' farm in Norrlanda, near road 146, lies this cairn, around 55.0 m in diameter and 6.0 m high. This makes it one of the so-called Storröse, of which 22 can be found on Gotland. There are some smaller roses nearby.

literature

• Erik Nylén : Gotland soil monuments . Gotlandskonst, Visby 1976. p. 27.

See also

• Angantyrs rojr

Web links

• Bjärs Hög - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
• Description and pictures (Swedish)

Coordinates: 57 ° 31 '4.4 "  N , 18 ° 42' 15.6"  E