Lundskullen burial ground

Lundskullen burial ground

Lundskullen burial ground

The Lundskullen burial ground (also called the Lunda kulle burial ground ) is located near the E 20 road in Södra Härene north of Vårgårda in Västergötland in Sweden .

description

On the Lundskullen hill, described by Gustaf Ewald (1884–1976) in 1925, there is a burial ground with 40 higher building stones , over 20 other monuments ( stone setting , a Treudd of about 10.0 m edge length, a preserved Domarring ) and two Neolithic stone boxes .

There are three other low hills nearby and 18 low rock settings further south. The types of graves indicate that the burial ground (apart from the stone boxes) was used during the Vendel Period (550–800 AD) and possibly during the early Viking Age (800–1050 AD).

See also

• Nordic megalithic architecture
• List of stone boxes

literature

• Mårten Stenberger : Nordic prehistory. Volume 4: Prehistory of Sweden. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1977, ISBN 3-529-01805-8 .
• Jürgen E. Walkowitz : The megalithic syndrome. European cult sites of the Stone Age (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 36). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2003, ISBN 3-930036-70-3 .

Web links

Commons : Lundskullen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Lundskullen cemetery - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
• Description and picture (Swedish)
• Description and pictures (Swedish)
• Description and picture (English)

Coordinates: 58 ° 5 ′ 34.9 "  N , 12 ° 49 ′ 49.7"  E