Blå rör
Blå rör is a Bronze Age burial mound on the Swedish island of Öland in the Baltic Sea .
The east of Borgholm , near the Köpings klint on the coast of Kalmar Strait, located cairn is with a diameter of 40 and a height of three meters, the largest Roese Ölands represents. Size and location indicate a significant burial.
The first excavation took place in 1849. However, only a practically empty stone box was found , which must have been looted beforehand. In 1927, another excavation took place, the aim of which was actually to restore the former appearance of the seriously damaged complex. Here, four previously unknown graves were surprisingly discovered. Two of the graves are believed to date from the Early Bronze Age and two more from the Late Bronze Age. In one of the latter an artfully crafted sword with a cross-shaped pommel was found. It is the only find of its kind in Sweden. It is believed that the sword originally came from Denmark , where similar finds have been made. The sword consists of two parts. Sword blade and sword hilt were joined together.
literature
- Markus Forslund: Nature and culture on Öland . Länsstyrelsen Kalmar län, 2001, ISBN 91-973802-4-5
Web links
- Blå rör - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
- Information about Blå rör (Swedish)
Coordinates: 56 ° 52 ′ 50.7 " N , 16 ° 40 ′ 55.8" E