Rojrhagen wheel grave

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The grave roughly corresponds to the representation of Salle

The wheel grave of Rojrhagen near Stånga (also called Duckarvegraven or wheel grave of Linde 11: 1) is located north of Hemse , about 1.2 km east of Linde, on the Swedish island of Gotland .

The wheel grave , also called wheel cross grave ( Hjulgrav or Hjulkorsgrav in Swedish ), which was half destroyed during the construction of a road , is part of a 240 × 140 m grave field with mostly damaged loops and stone circles from the Iron Age . The wheel grave had a diameter of around 25.0 m, making it one of the largest in Sweden. In the middle (now near the road) are the remains of two stone boxes made of limestone .

literature

  • David Dameli, Ingvar Sjögren: Hjulkorsgravar på Dragbyfaltet . In Tor 8 1962 pp. 95-104
  • Jürgen E. Walkowitz: The megalithic syndrome. European cult sites of the Stone Age (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 36). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2003, ISBN 3-930036-70-3 .

Web links

Coordinates: 57 ° 16 ′ 57.4 "  N , 18 ° 24 ′ 11.6"  E