Håkkårøysa

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The burial mound Håkkårøysa ( German  Hakons Steinhügelgrab ) is a Röse ( Norwegian Gravrøys ) from the Viking Age (800-1050 AD). It is located near the southern tip of the island of Averøya on the Kvernesfjord in the Fylke Møre og Romsdal in Norway .

The largest burial mound in the Nordmøre region is 1.5 to 2.0 m high and 35 to 40 m in diameter. It is believed that one of the chiefs (possibly "Egil Ullserk") from the Battle of Rastarkalv ( Norwegian Slaget på Rastarkalv ) is buried here in 995. The Battle of Rastarkalv was one of several military clashes between the troops of King Haakon the Good (King from 935 to 961 AD) and the Eriksons ( Norwegian Eiriksønnene ) of Eirik Blodøks ( German  "Erik Blutaxt" ).

The burial mound has not yet been archaeologically examined. It is speculated that the tomb contains a boat burial, which, despite the damage to the stone mound from predatory graves, could be intact.

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Legend

A local legend tells of a gold treasure in the cairn tomb and that people tried to plunder it. As the men dug in the pile of stones, they suddenly saw their courtyards burning in the distance. They ran home to extinguish. There was no trace of fire when they got there, but they never tried to raid the pile of stones again.

The Søbstadklubben are rock carvings on the island. The stone circle of Kvernes Tingsted is located on the east side of the island of Averøya

literature

  • Claus Krag: Wikingtid og rikssamling 800 - 1130. In: Aschehougs Norges Historie Volume 2, Oslo 1995.
  • Jón Viðar Sigurðsson: Det norrøne Samfunnet. Vikingen, Kongen, Erkebiskopen and bonding. Oslo 2008.
  • 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 .

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Coordinates: 62 ° 56 ′ 7.9 ″  N , 7 ° 30 ′ 10.9 ″  E