Rægehaugene
The Rægehaugene ( Norwegian Gravhaugene på Rege or Høvdinggraver på Rege ) consist of two earthen burial mounds in Ræge, in the municipality of Sola south of Stavanger in Fylke Rogaland in Norway . Around 1900 there were still three large burial mounds from the early Bronze Age , two of which have been preserved to this day.
The northern hill was restored in 1960. It has a diameter of about 20 meters and is 3.0 meters high. The southern hill is about 50 meters further. It was originally the same size as the other but was reduced by plowing it over. Between the two round hills there was a third hill, which was destroyed during the Second World War.
Finds
In 1881 the landlord removed the stones and the earthfill in the central area of the north hill and came across two large, completely intact stone boxes that lay parallel to the north and south of the center. He smashed the side wall of the northern chest, which was 2.15 m long, 0.6 m wide and 1.13 m high, and found the richest female burial from Norway's Bronze Age.
The walls of the boxes were made of small, flat slabs, while the floor and roof were each made of a large stone slab. Spirals, concentric circles and bowls were scratched or picked into the western stone . The chamber must have been ready before the mound was raised. Both chambers have been restored. They are open at one end to show how they were built. The female burial from around 1400 BC BC (also called Rægedronninga - ( German "Rægekönigin" )) contained two bracelets, a necklace, a dagger, a small and a large tutulus , all made of bronze .
The southern chamber was built at the same time and in the same way as the northern chamber. It contained a knife, tweezers, and a few burned bones. It was dated to the Late Bronze Age and was believed to have been a male burial from around 1200 BC. The finds show that burial mounds from the Early Bronze Age were used for subsequent burials in later epochs . The size of the mounds and the valuable grave goods from the women's grave show that the mounds were dedicated to the people of the upper class. These burial mounds were likely used for 400 years. The economic strength of the area was based on good conditions for agriculture, good ports and connections to the trade routes.
The finds are in the Archaeological Museum in Stavanger . The Domsteinane are nearby .
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Coordinates: 58 ° 51 ′ 40.5 " N , 5 ° 36 ′ 23.1" E