Annelund burial ground
The cemetery of Annelund ( Swedish Annelund gravfalt ) is located west of Visby Airport on the Swedish island of Gotland and bears the RAÄ no. Visby 8: 1.
It comprises around 400 systems in an area of 415 × 140 meters, 78 of which were initially examined. Part of the burial ground was used for secondary burials, so that around 450 people were buried here. The two flat roasts near the airport represent the dominant systems on the field. The area's oldest grave was found in the southern roe, a stone box with grave goods from the Neolithic age . Both roes also house graves from the Bronze Age . Otherwise the field consists of a wheel grave and low stone setting with graves from the Iron Age , including the rest of a ship setting .
First in 1955 and 1956, then between 1967 and 1987, the cemetery was examined. For the first time in Nordic archeology, a total survey was carried out using standardized methods. The combination of grave forms, finds and skeletal remains not only enabled precise dating. It also shows that the burial ground was used from the end of the Bronze Age to the middle of the Late Iron Age (2000 BC - 200 AD). Most of the graves are covered with flat, round stone structures with a diameter between 2 and 18 meters.
After completing the investigations, the cemetery was returned to its original state. The area is protected from overgrown vegetation by grazing. An exhibition can be seen in the terminal, which presents the cemetery and a selection of the finds.
Annelund is also a small town in the municipality of Herrljunga , in Västra Götalands län .
See also
literature
- Marita Jonsson, Sven-Olof Lindquist: Gotland cultural guide . Almqvist and Wiksell, Uppsala 1993, ISBN 91-88036-09-X .
Web links
- Annelund burial ground - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
- The Annelund burial ground on Grosssteingraeber.de
Coordinates: 57 ° 39 ′ 35.2 ″ N , 18 ° 20 ′ 6.4 ″ E