Skebbas Rör burial ground

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The approximately 40 × 25 meter large Iron Age burial ground Skebbas Rör is located in a forest on the northern edge of Lörby, about 15 kilometers northeast of Sölvesborg in the far west of Blekinge in Sweden .

The burial ground , named after its largest burial mound, Skebbas Rör ( Swedish Gravröser or Rör ), contains six other Iron Age tombs in addition to the curb stone grave with a diameter of about six meters. These include two flat, round stone settings with a diameter of 18 and 4 meters, respectively, a rectangular stone setting, a stone circle and two small building stones . The rose that is heavily mossy but not overgrown is best preserved. The burial ground lies on the crest of a prehistoric beach wall, which runs about 500 meters from today's sea coast on the Pukaviksbukten. In the cemetery, a leading stile .

To the south of the burial ground lie the remains of historical fields along the beach wall. On an area of ​​around 400 × 150 meters, there are plots up to nine meters wide and 150 meters long, each separated by flat walls made of layered stones. The arable system, probably established in the Middle Ages , is one of the best preserved of its kind in Sweden.

literature

  • Mårten Stenberger : Nordic prehistory. Volume 4: Prehistory of Sweden. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1977, ISBN 3-529-01805-8 , p. 150.
  • 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 .

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Coordinates: 56 ° 5 ′ 15.3 "  N , 14 ° 43 ′ 11.4"  E