Drottning Hackas Grav

Drottning Hackas grav

Drottning Hackas grav

Drottning Hackas Grav (also Svensbydösen called) is one Dolmen in long bed ( Swedish Langdös ) at the intersection of Svensbyvägen and Hisingsleden in Säve , in the province of Bohuslän in Sweden .

The dolmen was discovered in 1978 when archaeologists were demolishing a mound and wanted to examine a stone box . The type is one of the oldest megalithic complexes in Sweden and in the municipality of Gothenburg it is the only one of its kind. It was built between 3500 and 2800 BC. BC as a megalithic system of the funnel beaker culture (TBK). In addition to parts of the ransacked chamber, seven stones are preserved, which are the remains of a huge bed. The chamber has a single capstone. However , it is not a polygonal pole , as it has an almost square plan.

designation

"Drottning Hacka" ( German  Queen Hacka ) appears in several legends from western Sweden. Tradition tells that the queen taught starving people to cultivate their lands with a hoe ( Swedish hacka ). Hacka is also associated with the reading stone piles ( Swedish hackerör ) that can be found all over the country. Hacka's grave is located in several places.

See also

• Nordic megalithic architecture
• Dolmen in Sweden

literature

• Stina Anderson, Ulf Hultberg, Berit Sandberg: Drottning Hackas grav på Hisingen . Göteborgs Arkeologiska Museum, Göteborg 1979. ISBN 91-85488-18-6 .
• Märta Strömberg : The megalithic tombs of Hagestad. On the problem of grave structures and grave rites. Acta Archaeologica Lundensia Volume 8. Bonn and Lund 1971.

Web links

Commons : Drottning Hackas grav  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Drottning Hackas Grav - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
• Video

Coordinates: 57 ° 47 '37.2 "  N , 11 ° 55' 58.4"  E