Li burial ground

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The almost 5.0 m high menhir Frodestenen - named after Freyr or Kung Frode

The burial ground of Li with 125 building stones , 24 round stone settings , seven ship settings and four burial mounds from the Iron, Vendel and Viking ages ; around 400–1000 AD is the largest and northernmost burial ground in the southern Swedish province of Halland . It is located in the Gothenburg area , about 10 km southeast of Kungsbacka and west of the nature reserve Fjärås bräcka , a mighty moraine ridge . At the edge of the burial ground is the imposing, almost five meter high building stone Frodestenen , also called Kung Frodes sten ( German:  "King Frodes stone" ). At Stena, west of Fjärås Bräcka, is the next burial ground, where over 100 building stones are located.

Building blocks

literature

  • Herman Pedersson Chytraeus Vejanus: Monumenta praecipua, quae in Scania, Hallandia et Blekingia inveniuntur . 1598. In: Sven Lagerbring : Monumenta Scanensium . Part I. Typis Caroli Gustavi Berling, Londini Gothorum 1751.
  • Birger Schöldström: Valplatsen å Fjärås bräcka . In: Svenska Familj journals . Volume XII, year 1873, pp. 107-109.
  • Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politics bog om Danmarks oldtid. Politiken, Copenhagen 2002, ISBN 87-567-6458-8 ( Politikens håndbøger ) p. 250

Web links

Commons : Burial Ground of Li  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 57 ° 26 ′ 58 ″  N , 12 ° 11 ′ 6 ″  E