Skalunda Hög
The Skalunda Hög burial mound is located west of the Skalunda church on the Kålland peninsula, which extends into the Vänern from the south in Västergötland in Sweden .
At seven meters high and around 65.0 m in diameter, it is the largest burial mound in western Sweden. In size it is only comparable to the hills of Uppsala and Anundshög . The unexcavated hill was named in 1956 by Birger Nerman as the place where Beowulf was probably buried (see Swedish Legends Kings ). However, according to C14 measurements , the burial mound was dated to the beginning of the 7th century in 1994 .
Large hills with a diameter of more than 30 meters are often called Kungshögen in Sweden ( German "Königshügel" - Sättuna Kungshög ; Kungshögen Högsäter and Nysäter; Kungshögen (Höllviken) and Kungshögarna from Malmö-Oxie ). They are mainly to be found around the Mälaren . The large mounds often date from the younger Iron Age . Some of the largest are: Anundshög in Västmanland , Grönehög in Bohuslän , Högom in Medelpad , Inglinge hög in Småland , Ledbergs kulle in Östergötland , Ströbo hög in Västmanland and the three hills in Alt-Uppsala in Uppland .
Next to the hill is a judge's ring made up of seven round blocks. Its diameter is about ten meters.
The burial mound Kung Sjolms Hög is located about 300 meters southeast of the church . It is about 25.0 m in diameter and 2.5 meters high. A nearby large mound that has been excavated (the only one in Västergötland) is Synnerby's Kungshögen . In the cemetery of the Skalunda church there are two rune stones (Vg 44 and Vg 45).
Nearby is the Stenkullen in Tun.
Web links
- Skalunda hög - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
- Description (Swedish) and picture
Coordinates: 58 ° 33 ′ 9 ″ N , 13 ° 0 ′ 13 ″ E