Åttagårdens passage grave
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The passage grave Åttagårdens (also Falköping 4: 1) is located on the Midfalegatan (road) in the southeast of Falköping in the province of Västra Götalands län in Sweden , about 250 m south of the passage grave Hjelmarsrör . It originated between 3500 and 2800 BC. BC as a megalithic system of the funnel beaker culture (TBK). The passage grave is a form of Neolithic megalithic systems, which consists of a chamber and a structurally separated, lateral passage. This form is primarily found in Denmark, Germany and Scandinavia, as well as occasionally in France and the Netherlands.
The passage grave ( Swedish gang handle ) has an oval 3.1 m long and about 2.0 m wide chamber made of nine bearing stones (one is missing) and two bulky cap stones. The slightly off-center, chamber-high corridor consists of nine bearing stones and three cap stones (at least one is missing.) Like all the corridor graves in Falbygden , it is oriented east-west, with the entrance to the east. The round hill measuring around 15.0 m is 0.9 m high.
The passage grave was examined in 1868 by Bror Emil Hildebrand (1806-1884). In addition to amber beads and bones, broken pottery from a late phase of the Neolithic was found.
See also
literature
- Christopher Tilley: The Dolmens and Passage Graves of Sweden. An Introduction and Guide. Institute of Archeology, University College London, London 1999, ISBN 9780905853369 .
- 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
- Description and pictures (private page)
- Passage grave Åttagårdens - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
Coordinates: 58 ° 10 ′ 3.4 ″ N , 13 ° 34 ′ 36.9 ″ E