Passage grave Hjelmarsrör

Hjelmarsrör excavation

The passage grave Hjelmarsrör ( Swedish Hjelmarsrör Ganggrift ; also called Hjälmars Rör or Falköping 3: 1) is not located on Hjelmarsrörsgatan, but south of Wetterlinsgatan on a hill in the industrial area of Falköping in Västergötland in Sweden . 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 can be found primarily in Denmark, Germany and Scandinavia as well as occasionally in France and the Netherlands.

The chamber, about 5.6 meters long and 2.5 meters wide, is located on a 1.0 m high hill with a diameter of about 22.0 m. Four large granite rocks lie as capstones over six visible orthostats .

The site was excavated twice. The finds consisted of around 200 amber beads and human bones from the chamber and some fragments of the TBK from outside the corridor.

See also

• Nordic megalithic architecture
• Passage graves in Sweden

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

Commons : Ganggrab Hjelmarsrör  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Passage grave Hjelmarsrör - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
• Description Engl. and pictures

Coordinates: 58 ° 10 ′ 11.4 "  N , 13 ° 34 ′ 41"  E