Nötanabben burial ground
The grave field of Nötanabben ( Swedish Nötanabben gravfalt ) is located in the 1940 hectare nature reserve (Gö nature reserve) on the edge of the Gö peninsula , north of Gö and south of Ronneby in Blekinge in Sweden .
The 150 × 130 m grave field from the Stone , Bronze and Iron Ages consists of around 90 monuments, including numerous stone settings of different sizes and shapes. 19 building stones , 18 ship settlements ( Swedish skeppsättningar ), one oval, eight angular, three round (filled) and 10 damaged stone settlements, one stone circle and one Treudd . There are also 25 small burial mounds , a roe and other monuments.
description
The loop, which is located on the highest point, has a diameter of about 15.0 m and a height of 1.0 m. The stones are usually 0.3 to 0.5 m tall. But the filling also contains several large blocks.
The round, filled stone settings are on the cliff northwest of the Röse. They have a diameter of 4.0 to 6.5 m and are 0.15 to 0.4 m high. The filling consists of 0.1 to 0.35 m large rounded stones ( rubble ).
The burial mounds are 2.5 to 7.0 m in diameter and 0.15 to 0.5 m high. One hill is surrounded by curb stones, one has a stone of 0.9 × 0.5 m in the middle. Six mounds have pits 1.0 to 1.5 m in diameter and 0.2 to 0.4 m deep in the middle. 15 hills can be described as unsafe. Seven of them, which are located to the west along the hilltop, may have been caused by sand drift.
The northwest-southeast oriented ship settlements measure 2.0 to 4.75 to 5.5 × 12.5 m. All are unfilled and have 0.1 to 0.3 m high curb chains made of closely spaced 0.25 to 1.0 m high stones. 10 ships have a mast stone 0.6 to 3 m high, but all but four have fallen over. 16 ship settlements are in the southern part of the burial ground. The majority are in groups of three or four.
The rectangular stone settings are all unfilled. Seven have sides 4.5 to 6.5 m and are oriented northwest-southeast. The curb chains are 0.1 to 0.35 m high, and are densely layered from 0.3 to 0.5 m large stones. One of the stone settings consists of 0.65 to 1.65 m high stones. One has larger corner stones. One has a mound 2.8 m in diameter and 0.15 m high in the middle. Two more have a raised middle section. Five of the square stone settings are adjacent in the southeast of the burial ground. The northernmost is rectangular, measures 9.5 × 6 m and consists of 0.25 to 0.6 m high and 0.7 to 1.15 m long stone blocks
The oval stone setting measures 4.7 × 3.3 m and has a dense, 0.1 m high edge made of 0.2 to 0.5 m long stones. In the middle is a 0.2 m high reddish stone, which, according to an excavation in the 1970s, was in a pile of burned bones.
The 0.2 m high Treudd near the burial ground measures 5.75 m and is vaulted. The curb chain made of round stones with a diameter of 0.3 to 0.4 m is 0.1 m high. During the 1970 investigation, building stones were found in pits.
The Domarring to the north has a diameter of 6.5 m and consists of eight - originally probably ten - about 0.1 to 0.55 m high and 0.5 to 0.9 m thick stones. One of the rocks is a lying, original building stone.
The incomplete stone settlements are unfilled and consist of only partially preserved or visible stones 0.1 to 0.2 m high and 0.15 to 0.3 m long. Their original shape cannot be determined without an archaeological investigation. The building stones, all but three of which have fallen over, are 0.95 to 3.1 m high and are located in the north of the grave field. Some lie in ruined stone settings. In the middle of the grave field there are five angular stones from 0.15 to 0.7 m thick in damaged stone settlements.
Traces of prehistoric quarries can be found in the north of the burial ground. There are a total of four fractures, 2.75 to 8.75 m long and 0.3 to 0.6 m deep.
literature
- Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politics bog om Danmarks oldtid. Politiken, Copenhagen 2002, ISBN 87-567-6458-8 ( Politikens håndbøger ).
Web links
- Cemetery of Nötanabben - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
- Description and pictures (English)
Coordinates: 56 ° 9 ′ 4.2 ″ N , 15 ° 18 ′ 2.5 ″ E