Istrehågan burial ground
Coordinates: 59 ° 5 '49.7 " N , 10 ° 10' 27.2" E
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The ship placement 1 in front and 2 behind, from Istrehågan |
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location | Norway | |
Location | Istrehågan | |
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Where | Istrehågan, Sandefjord |
The burial ground of Istrehågan near Sandefjord in the Norwegian province of Vestfold og Telemark dates from the Nordic Iron Age (corresponding to Central European Migration Period ). The burial ground dates between 400 and 500 AD. The five megalithic structures , the stone building and the much older Gargrube (975–815 BC) are located south of Jåberg between Sandefjord and Larvik in a clearing in the forest. Archaeological excavations and restorations were carried out from 1959 to 1961. The stone compositions represent threeDomarrings (Richterrings) and two ship settlements ( Norwegian Skipssetning ).
Ship placement 1
The ship setting 1 consists of seven about one meter high, unusually on its side slabs of quarry stone , which form a ship about 10 m long and two meters wide. The interior was filled with earth and stones and contained iron fragments, charcoal , corpse burn , bones and a pottery shard,
Ship placement 2
The ship setting 2 consists of 18 stones up to four meters high on both stems , which stand on a two meter wide, low stone packing and form a stone ship about 25 m long and nine meters wide. The stones on the central long sides consist of rounded monoliths of low height. A pit located amidships contained corpse burns and grave goods ( comb , game pieces, etc.).
The judges rings
The three judges' rings have / had diameters of 5.0, 9.0 and 11.0 m. While the two larger ones still exist, the smaller one was reconstructed using the footprints. All circles contained corpse burn and charcoal .
The stone circle A is about nine meters in diameter and consists of nine monoliths about one meter high. In the middle was a grave ball . The stone circle B is about 11.0 m in diameter and consists of seven monoliths about 1.4 m high. In the middle lay a grave ball and a whetstone . The large stones of both circles are connected by rows of small stones.
The 60 cm high building stone only protruded 24 cm from the earth.
See also
literature
- Thorsten Andersson , Elizabeth Skjelsvik: Istre / Istrehågan. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 15, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2000, ISBN 3-11-016649-6 , pp. 539-541. (on-line)