Vrångstad dolmen

The Vrångstad dolmen

The dolmen of Vrångstad ( Swedish called Stendös vid Vrångstad or Bottna 1) is located near Kallsängen in Bottna socken , in Kville härad, in the province of Bohuslän in Sweden, just a little southwest of the rock carvings by Kallsängen. It originated between 3500 and 2800 BC. BC as a megalithic system of the funnel beaker culture (TBK).

The dolmen ( Swedish Dös ) of the polygonal dolmen type lies as a transverse lying in a barren bed, the hills of which are still well and the partly quite large curbs are still partially preserved. The capstone protruding on all sides lies on relatively small supporting stones that form a small chamber.

On the associated burial ground are 90 monuments, including two stone circles ( Swedish domarringar ) from the Iron Age with 8 and 11 stones; the passage grave of Tyfta and a barrow field with building stones ( Swedish Resta stenar ).

• Vrångstad dolmen
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  Lying across right

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  Old stitch

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  Old engraving - Oscar Montelius 1877

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  Vrångstad dolmen

See also

• Dolmen in Sweden
• Nordic megalithic architecture

literature

• Mats Hellgren, Leif Johansson: Fornlämningar i Bohuslän. Från mellersta och norra Bohuslän 2007
• Lili Kaelas: Dolmen and passage graves in Sweden. Reports and Communications on prehistory, early history, etc. Medieval archeology. Writings of the Provincial Institute for Folk and State Research at the University of Kiel, Offa. 15, pp. 5-24, 1956
• Jürgen E. Walkowitz: The megalithic syndrome. European cult sites of the Stone Age (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 36). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2003, ISBN 3-930036-70-3 .

Web links

Commons : Vrångstad Dolmen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Description Engl. and pictures
• Vrångstad dolmen - entry in the Riksantikvarieämbetet's "Fornsök" database (Swedish)

Coordinates: 58 ° 30 ′ 36.5 ″  N , 11 ° 21 ′ 55 ″  E