Hjortsberga burial ground

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The 280 m × 85 m large burial ground Hjortsberga (also called Hjortsberga Kirke) in the town of Ronneby in the Swedish province of Blekinge and the historic province of Blekinge is located approximately midway between the cemeteries Björketorp (south) and Hammarskulle and Kasakulle (north).

It has around 110 preserved structures from the Iron Age to the Viking Age . There are building stones (6), round, rectangular (1), triangular ( Treudds ) and square stone settings (12), burial mounds (55) and 19, between 15 and 30 m long ship settings .

A number of graves in Hjortsberga have now been examined more closely, including a stone nave setting and the grave of a woman from the 9th century.

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  • Burial ground

  • Individual grave sites

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  • Ship settlement

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  • Faithful

  • Faithful

  • Hjortsberga church with cemetery on the burial ground

panorama

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The burial ground of Hjortsberga seen from the south, towards the church and with the road on the right.

literature

  • Erik B. Lundberg, Sverker Janson (ed.): Med arkeologen Sverige runt. Forum, Stockholm 1987, ISBN 91-37-09153-0 .
  • Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politics bog om Danmarks oldtid . Copenhagen 2002 ISBN 87-567-6458-8 , p. 248

Web links

Commons : Hjortsberga gravfalt  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 56 ° 13 ′ 7 ″  N , 15 ° 24 ′ 21.6 ″  E