Glysa's grave
Glysas Grab ( Swedish Glysas grav ) is a ship setting in the parish of Stora Mals in the Katrineholms commune in Södermanland in Sweden .
The south-west-north-east oriented about 34.0 meters long, in the middle about five meters wide and up to 0.5 m high stone setting lies on the edge of Riksväg 52 near Skirtorp, five kilometers east of Katrineholm , at the intersection of the streets Riksväg 55 and 56 .
The ship, made of stones and peat, dates back to the Bronze Age and is one of the few monuments from this period in this region that was inhabited until the end of the Iron Age.
According to legend, Glysa was a giantess who was killed and buried by trolls at dawn .
literature
- Mårten Stenberger : Nordic prehistory. Volume 4: Prehistory of Sweden. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1977, ISBN 3-529-01805-8 .
Web links
- Glysa's grave - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
Coordinates: 58 ° 58 ′ 20.1 ″ N , 16 ° 15 ′ 35.3 ″ E