Klokkesten
The Klokkesten (also Solsten - German called "Sonnenstein" ) is a Bronze Age (1700 - 501 BC) picture stone around which a legend has grown. It is located east of Frejlev on the Danish island of Lolland .
It should not be confused with the Klokkesten megalithic complex in Lyø on Lyø .
The stone was found on a ridge southeast of Frejlev and placed in a stone wall, from where it was moved to its current location in 1924.
The stone measures approximately 1.4 × 1.15 × 1.0 m. On the flat east side it has a two to five cm wide, about 1.0 cm deep groove that describes a circle 0.8 m in diameter.
Legend
Legend has it that when trying to build a church in Frejlev, the bell was placed on the stone. The trolls prevent the church from being built and kept throwing the bell down. The round ring was created through the many attempts to put it back on. The ring size corresponds to the church bell by Kettinge.
Another theory is that the stone formed the pedestal for a granite baptismal font , similar to the one in the church of Kettinge.
Counterparts in Germany are the sunstones from Beckstedt , Harpstedt and Horsten , but they have concentric circles.
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Coordinates: 54 ° 42 ′ 4.9 ″ N , 11 ° 46 ′ 32.1 ″ E