Brukshagen cemetery
The Brukshagen cemetery (RAÄ-Nr. = Kalmar 12: 1) is a 60 × 50 m north-east-south-west oriented burial ground south of the road Ölandsleden in Skälby , near Kalmar in the province of Kalmar län in Sweden . It consists of 11 round and one rectangular stone setting , two domar rings and a boulder ( Swedish Klumpsten ).
The 11 round stone settings, six of which are unsafe, have a diameter of 3.5 to 10 m. The stones are 0.2 to 0.3 m high. Individual or numerous filler stones lie on the surfaces. Two stone settings have an uneven surface.
The rectangular north-east-south-west oriented stone setting measures 9.0 × 8.0 m and is 0.4 m high. The curbs are 0.3 to 0.7 m high and 0.8 to 1.4 m long. The rough and uneven inner filling surface consists of stones measuring 0.3 to 0.8 m - one stone is 1.0 m high.
- Brukshagen cemetery
The two domar rings have a diameter of about 7.0 m and each have five stones, one has fallen over. The stones are 1.0 to 1.45 m high, 0.8 to 1.3 m wide and 0.5 to 0.7 m thick. On the south side of a judge's ring is a 1.2 m long worked stone.
The boulder is 0.6 m high, 1.0 m wide and 0.8 m thick.
literature
- Mårten Stenberger : Nordic prehistory. Volume 4: Prehistory of Sweden. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1977, ISBN 3-529-01805-8 .
Web links
- Brukshagen cemetery - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
Coordinates: 56 ° 40 ′ 54.1 ″ N , 16 ° 19 ′ 27.9 ″ E