Hestestones
The Hestesteine ( Danish Hestestenene ; German horse stones ) are four building stones . You are standing on the 34 m high cliff west of the theophoric place Gudhjem on the coastal path to Rø, on the Danish island of Bornholm .
The numbered stones have the following dimensions:
- 5135-1a, monolith , 1.6 x 0.95 x 0.5 m;
- 5135-1b, monolith, 1.85 x 1.3 x 0.55 m;
- 5135-1c, monolith, 1.7 x 0.75 x 0.55 m;
- 5135-1d, monolith, 2.5 × 2 × 1 × 0.7 m, was stabilized with cement.
Building blocks
Building stones ( Danish Bautastenen ) are erect menhirs that were found in Denmark and Scandinavia from the 5th century BC. BC to the 5th century AD for ritual purposes. Originally there were around 1000 building blocks on Bornholm.
According to a Bornholm legend, the horse stones are a wedding couple with a horse and cart that fell into the depths here. However, there is evidence that cremations were carried out within the stones.
literature
- Ingrid Falktoft Anderson: Vejviser til Danmarks oldtid . 1994, ISBN 87-89531-10-8 p. 334 *
- E. Vedel: Bornholms oldtidsminder og Oldsager . 1886.
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Coordinates: 55 ° 12 ′ 46.4 " N , 14 ° 57 ′ 26.6" E