Grönehög
The Grönehög (also called Grönhög ) is located in the parish of Skee, not far from the cemetery of Blomsholm , northeast of Strömstad and is the largest burial mound in Bohuslän in Sweden with a height of about six meters and a diameter of 45-50 m . The early Iron Age Grönehög was investigated in 1928 by Sune Lindqvist (1887–1976), who found out that the mound was made of peat raised over a roe .
At the same time, the hill was a cremation grave, the upper part of which contained burned bones and stains of a fatty carbon black and coal mixture ( Swedish Bålmörja ). The small burial ground dates from around 500 AD. Immediately next to it there are ten partially destroyed burial mounds.
Large mounds with a diameter of more than 30 meters are often called Kungshögen in Sweden ( German "Königshügel" - Sättuna Kungshög ; Kungshögen Högsäter and Nysäter; Kungshögen (Höllviken) and the Kungshögarna of Malmö-Oxie ). They are mainly to be found around the Mälaren . Large mounds often date from the younger Iron Age . Some of the largest are: Anundshög in Västmanland , Högom in Medelpad , Inglinge Hög in Småland , Ledbergs kulle in Östergötland , Ottarshögen in Uppland , Skalunda Hög in Västergötland , Ströbo Hög in Västmanland and the three hills in Alt-Uppsala in Uppland.
Nearby is the Skee prästgården polygonal pole .
literature
- Jan Ottander: Blomsholm. 2000 år av traders . Länsstyrelsen i Västra Götalands län, Göteborg 1999, ( Länsstyrelsen Västra Götaland 20, ISSN 1403-168X ).
Web links
- Grönehög - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
Coordinates: 58 ° 57 ′ 46.6 ″ N , 11 ° 14 ′ 19.5 ″ E