Lekaryd burial ground
The 130 × 35–95 m cemetery of Lekaryd (RAÄ-Nr. Lekaryd 63: 1) is located on the lake Dansjön north of Lekaryd in the municipality of Alvesta in the province of Kronobergs län in Småland in Sweden .
The burial ground consists of about 20 relics. These consist / consisted of 14 round and a square stone setting , a stone ship and four Rösen , including the Röse Kongshögen having a diameter of about 26.0 m, from 0.2 to 0.35 m large stones. In its center there is a crater with a diameter of 6.5 m and 1.5 m deep, from which a 3.0 m wide depression extends outward in the southwest. Of the three other 0.5 and 0.6 m high loops, two are more severely damaged. They have a diameter of about 15.0 and 19.0 m. The fourth loop is about 8.0 m in diameter.
One of the round stone settings is about 15.0 m in diameter and is possibly the remainder of a rose edging. The other stone settings are 0.2 to 0.4 m high and have a diameter between 4.0 and 11.0 m (normal up to 7.0 m). Around 10 stone settlements in the western section were examined in 1966 and removed while the road was being built. The square stone setting measures approximately 10.0 × 10.0 m and is 0.3 m high. Numerous 0.2 to 0.4 m large stones, a stone filling, are visible in its surface.
The north-west-south-east oriented ship setting, called Kongsgraven, made of 0.3 to 0.4 m wide stones, measures 8.5 × 5.0 m and is located near the road. In the northwest there is a 1.6 m high, 0.5 to 1.0 m wide and 0.35 m thick stern stone. In the southeast there is a 1.8 × 0.6 m high stone, 0.4 m high. In the surface, which corresponds to that of the surrounding area, individual stones from 0.2 to 0.3 m are visible.
Nearby is the approximately 3.0 m high Röse Tumlinge rör (Lekaryd 65: 1).
Web links
- Grave field of Lekaryd - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
Coordinates: 56 ° 57 ′ 25 ″ N , 14 ° 34 ′ 19.3 ″ E