Kasakulle burial ground

The Kasakulle burial ground near Ronneby in the Swedish province of Blekinge län and the historic Blekinge province is about 1.5 kilometers from the Hammarskulle burial ground and more than one kilometer north of Johannishus slott . It dates to the early Iron Age .

There are around 85 objects on the cemetery on both sides of the road, which is heavily overgrown with grass. This includes 25 rectangular stone settings, around 15 building stones , 10 ship settings and eight Treudds as well as 28 burial mounds. The largest ship is about 34.0 meters long and seven meters wide and consists of stones up to one meter high. The cemetery was archaeologically examined in 1885, 1927, 1974 and 1978.

About 1.5 km to the south, at the junction to Johannishus slott, are a set of ships made of large blocks and the stone circle Sju konunga-stenar (German seven-king stones).

Web links

• Kasakulle cemetery - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
• Description and pictures

Coordinates: 56 ° 15 ′ 22 "  N , 15 ° 25 ′ 37.2"  E