Mølen burial ground
The Mølen cemetery is located in Nevlunghavn near Værvågen in the Norwegian province of Vestfold og Telemark on a moraine near the sea from the end of the last Ice Age . On the beach there are 16 large loops with a diameter of up to 35.0 m and over 200 small piles and rows of stones, as well as an unusual ship setting ( Norwegian: Skipssetning ).
The small cairns date from the Iron and Viking Ages (500 BC-1050 AD), while the roes may date from the Bronze Age (1800–500 BC). Almost all stone piles have depressions from looting or from the so-called “haugbrot”, the ritual removal of the dead, the motive of which is unclear. The place takes its name from the Old Norse word "mol", meaning stone hill. Mølen's burial area is untypical for the Iron Age and Viking Age, as the burial mounds are not in the vicinity of agricultural land.
The ship setting from Mølen (Norwegian. Skipssetning på Mølen) is unique in Scandinavia . A boat was burned on the beach between 250 and 300 AD. Then stones were placed in the ashes and the outline and the frames were marked with stones. The low, boat-shaped stone setting was excavated in the 1970s. Iron nails and ashes were found.
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Coordinates: 58 ° 58 ′ 18.1 ″ N , 9 ° 49 ′ 28.3 ″ E