Hol cemetery

Burial mound Store Hög (Hol 12: 1)

The cemetery of Hol in Sävedalen near Vårgårda in Västra Götaland in Sweden is north of Hol and dates from the Iron Age (500 BC to 650 AD). It consists of around 140 relics. Among them are a Domarring (RAÄ-Nr. Hol 5: 1) of about 15 m diameter with nine stones and one about 2.0 m high building stone , a second building stone, as well as many small and two larger burial mounds on an area of ​​7 to 8 Hectares. In the south the height has been eroded by gravel mining.

On the hill “Hols gärde” there is a concentration of 135 vaulted small burial mounds with ditches. With the exception of Storehög with a diameter of around 18.0 m and a height of 2.5 m, which is located on the ridge, most of them are in the open forest.

• Hol cemetery
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  Burial mound (Hol 10: 2)

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  Runestone VgNf1996 at Hol's church

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  Cemetery of Hol (Hol 12: 1)

A few 100 meters south there are two rune stones in and on the church .

See also

• List of Iron Age burial grounds

literature

• Mårten Stenberger: Nordic prehistory. Volume 4: Prehistory of Sweden. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1977, ISBN 3-529-01805-8 .

Web links

• Hol cemetery - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
• Hol cemetery (Swedish)
• Hol cemetery (Swedish)
• Domarring Hol 5: 1 (Swedish)

Coordinates: 57 ° 58 ′ 51.5 ″  N , 12 ° 39 ′ 37.4 ″  E