Grave field on the Köpings klint
The cemetery on the Köpings klint is a cemetery on the Swedish island of Öland in the Baltic Sea . The prehistoric tombs are located between the towns of Borgholm and Köpingsvik on the Köpings klint .
The grave field is 210 m long in east-west direction and varies in width between 50 and 100 m. It includes 50 graves in different designs. In detail, there are 26 round stone settings, two almost rectangular stone settings, seven domar rings , twelve Järnåldersdösen and three boulders that may be part of destroyed cathedral rings.
In the grave field lies the Röse Galgerör , in which a deceased was buried with a spear , dagger and ax . In later times the galgerör served as a place of execution. The last execution took place on October 21, 1859, when "Frans Joel Lundström" was beheaded.
Web links
- Grave field on the Köpings klint - entry in the database "Fornsök" of the Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
- The last execution on Öland
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 56 ° 52 ′ 34.5 " N , 16 ° 42 ′ 24.3" E