Askeberga was launched
The Askeberga ship settlement (also called Ranes Stenar ) is the second largest ship settlement ( Swedish skeppssättning ) in Sweden after Ales Stenar and is located in Askeberga, west of Tidan , about 25 km north of the town of Skövde in Västergötland .
The ship is 55 m long, 18 m wide and consists of 24 megaliths that weigh between 25 and 30 tons and rise up to three meters. These stones must have been transported over a long distance to Askeberga, as there are no such boulders in the area.
The setting of the ships is dated to AD 400–500 in the Germanic Iron Age.
However, there is also the idea that it was a hall for Odin cults, although comparable buildings in Scandinavia are unknown except for a strange stone circle on the burial ground of Nässja in Östergötland . This results from the lack of heavy stern stones and the fact that no grave was found during the excavation of 1920.
If there was ever “Odin's Land” as the skalds Brage Broddarsson and Snorri wrote it, it must have been here. A few kilometers to the southwest is Randens Hög ( German "King Ranes Hill" ). On the way there you pass Odenslunda ( German "Odins hain" ) and in old documents the lake is called Osten, Odins See.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Germanic Iron Age, in Denmark up to 800, in Sweden up to 650, is a term used in Scandinavian archeology that follows the general Roman Empire in Central Europe
Web links
- Ship launch of Askeberga - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
- Brief description swed. And pictures
- The place Askeberga with ship placement and picture
- Description and pictures
Coordinates: 58 ° 34 ′ 30 ″ N , 13 ° 59 ′ 2 ″ E