Nunnäs burial ground
The Nunnäs burial ground ( Swedish Nunnäs gravfalt , also called Grykull ); with the RAÄ no. Fulltofta 2: 1) is located west of the parish village Fulltofta on Lake Östra Ringsjön in the municipality of Hörby in the north of Skåne in Sweden . There are a number of Iron Age graves on the burial ground , including six ship settlements .
The approximately 95 x 60 m measured burial ground is located on the crest of a hill just outside the Fulltofta nature reserve . It consists of 35 building stones , 15 boulders , six stone ships, a number of building stones and two stone circles , each about six meters in diameter. The six approximately 13.0 m long ship settlements consist of 5 to 13 standing stones. All ships are missing several stones. The building blocks fell over except for 13. The largest is about two meters high. In the northeastern part of the burial ground there is an approximately 15.0 m long ravine .
Nearby is the Mörkrets cemetery in Hästäng .
literature
- Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politics bog om Danmarks oldtid . Copenhagen 2002 ISBN 87-567-6458-8 , p. 251
Web links
- Nunnäs burial ground - entry in the "Fornsök" database of Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
- Description and pictures
Coordinates: 55 ° 52 ′ 49 ″ N , 13 ° 35 ′ 3 ″ E