Orraryd burial ground

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The Orraryd burial ground ( Orraryds gravfalt in Swedish ) is located west of Nöbbele in the municipality of Växjö in the province of Småland in Sweden and, with its 400 × 140 m, is one of the largest in Kronoberg County .

Orraryd burial ground

The burial ground is on a low, elongated moraine , north of the old road through Orraryd. Presumably it was larger and was damaged by a nearby gravel pit . It consists of over 180 monuments, including: 116 round and flat, 25 ship-shaped, 18 square and eight rectangular and one triangular stone setting, seven Treudds and six Rosen . Many have curbs, center blocks and building blocks , some are empty. The variety of shapes is typical of the Värend .

The majority of the plants date from the late Iron Age . The roes may be Bronze Age or Early Iron Age .

literature

  • Tore Artelius: Domarringar i Västsverige. Kronologi och topografi. In: Arkeologi i Sverige , Vol. 2 (1993), pp. 39-54, ISSN  0284-5407

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Coordinates: 56 ° 42 ′ 3.8 "  N , 14 ° 58 ′ 53.8"  E