Pyssests
The Pyssesten is a boulder measuring around 2.0 × 1.3 m next to a forest path in Kädarp, east of Röke in Hässleholm in Skåne in Sweden .
It has a 1.3 × 0.8 m area with 25 bowls ( Swedish Skålgropar or Älvkvarnar - German "Elfenmühlen" ) as well as two oblong, sloping recesses on the flat surface of the block. The bowls are 4.0 to 10.0 cm in diameter and 0.5 to 4.0 cm deep. A pair of bowls are attached to the sloping recess.
The block, the name of which is derived from “pys” (little boy), is split slightly at an angle about 0.7 m above the floor, the upper part is shifted to the west, the eastern part rests on the lower part.
See also
Web links
Commons : Pyssestenen - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Pyssesten - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
- Description and map (Swedish)
Coordinates: 56 ° 14 ′ 20.9 ″ N , 13 ° 32 ′ 35.4 ″ E