Grave field near Häglinge
The grave field near Häglinge ( Swedish Gravfaltet i Häglinge ) - with the RAÄ number Häglinge 1: 1) lies in an oak forest east of the road, north of Häglinge , in the Hässleholm municipality in the north of Skåne in Sweden .
The 90 × 60 m measured between 500 and 900 n. Chr. Used burial site consists of about 45 very confusing arranged monuments. About 40 are building stones , at least four are damaged ship settlements , one is a domar ring and one is a square stone setting .
The ship's settlements are 20 to 25 m long and 5.0 to 7.0 m wide. They consist of 10-21 menhirs , originally probably 20-25, several have fallen over. The stones are 0.2 to 1.4 m high, 0.2 to 1.2 m wide and 0.2-0.5 m thick. Five stones are 2-2.5 m high.
The Domarring is about 10 m in diameter and consists of six standing stones; originally there were maybe 12. The stones are 0.2 to 0.8 m high, 0.8 - 1.5 m wide and 0.4-0.5 m thick. A few meters south is the second stone ship.
The square stone setting with a side length of about 4.0 m consists of 2 - 3 m high stones placed in a row.
Most of the fallen building stones are 0.2 - 1.3 m high, 0.5 - 1.2 m wide and 0.15 - 0.6 m thick. Gravel pits are located immediately to the west and south of the burial ground.
literature
- Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politics bog om Danmarks oldtid. Politiken, Copenhagen 2002, ISBN 87-567-6458-8 ( Politikens håndbøger ).
Web links
- Grave field near Häglinge - entry in the database "Fornsök" of Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
- Description and pictures
Coordinates: 55 ° 59 ′ 51 ″ N , 13 ° 42 ′ 30.9 ″ E