Hylligrava
 
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Hylligrava burial box in Indre Østfold in the Norwegian province of Viken . |
Hylligrava (also Hylliskauen is called) an approximately 4000 years, built of large flat stone slabs grave box in Hylliåsen in the former municipality of Spydeberg , today Indre Østfold in Norwegian Fylke Viken . Hylligrava is located on a hill about two kilometers northwest of Spydeberg train station, 100 m behind Hyllibråten farm. The large burial box on Hylli is one of 12 found in Norway and the northernmost of its kind and dates from the end of the Stone Age . In 1915, the prehistorian Anton Wilhelm Brøgger (1884–1951) established that it was an extremely rare historical relic.
The 2.5 m long, 1.5 m wide and 0.9 m deep chamber consists of five side panels, one of which is cut off at the end so that it protrudes from the ground as a marker. Above that lay a large or several small ceiling tiles, only a part of which survived.
In the local area of Spydeberg four daggers , a sickle and 16 axes were found from the time the burial box was made , one of which comes from the Hyllibråten farm.
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Coordinates: 59 ° 37 '50.6 " N , 11 ° 3' 37.6" E