Grave field on the Högaberg
The burial ground at Högaberg in Grimeton is about ten kilometers east of Varberg in the Swedish province of Halland County and the historic province of Halland near the church of Grimeton. It is one of the few fields that existed from the Bronze Age to the end of the Viking Age , i.e. from around 1500 BC. BC to 1050 AD.
The grave field ( Swedish: Gravfalt ) on Högaberg is one of the largest and most diverse in western Sweden. 85 monuments are concentrated on the actual site, which is around 650 meters long, with more to be found outside. The southern part is dominated by the large systems. In the northern part they are rather more modest. The dividing line between the groups is a ravine that connected the site with the Broåsen burial ground , two kilometers to the west. It is a matter of:
- about 24 round stone settings
- 17 incomplete round stone settings
- 11 building stones , one of them overturned
- 11 round burial mounds
- 6 loops
- 5 Treuddar (one of them unsure)
- 4 domar rings
- 3 rectangular stone settings
- 1 ship-shaped burial mound
- 1 ship placement
- 1 incomplete rectangular stone setting
- 1 incomplete square stone setting
Most of the facilities date from the Iron Age . Some could go to the Bronze Age . (1500–500 BC), so that the grave field served as a burial and cult site for around 2500 years.
literature
- Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politics bog om Danmarks oldtid . Copenhagen 2002 ISBN 87-567-6458-8 , p. 240
Web links
- Grave field at Högaberg - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
- http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=16863
- http://www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=a312&file=index&do=showpic&pid=16275 (stone circle)
Coordinates: 57 ° 7 ′ 10 ″ N , 12 ° 26 ′ 21 ″ E