Skreppshög

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Ingelstorp's skreppshög

The 1969 by Märta Strömberg restored Skreppshög is a passage grave north of Österlenvägen west of Ingelstorp east of Ystad in Skåne in Sweden .

The mound that has been preserved is about 6.0 m in diameter and 1.0 to 1.5 m high. The oval chamber measures 2.7 by 3.0 m and consists of six 1.0 to 1.6 m high, 1.1 to 1.4 m wide and 0.55 to 1.4 m thick supporting stones. About 0.6 m east of the passage grave there is a 2.2 × 1.4 m measuring and 0.9 m thick, probable capstone. The corridor is in the southeast and has two preserved bearing stones, one on each side. They are 0.95 to 1.15 m high, 1.0 to 1.05 m wide and 0.6 to 0.65 m thick.

During the restoration, it was found that the speed 0.8 m long one, 0.2 m wide and 0.3 m high threshold stone from quartzite having m long and the chamber using 0.3, 0.35 m high and 0 .05 m thick stone slabs was divided into segments . The bearing stones were stabilized with stone packings. Between the stones, an intermediate masonry ( Swedish tning - German  "seal" ) was made of different materials. The finds consisted of flakes , amber beads , flint flint fragments, ceramics and skeletal remains.

There is a bowl stone and several burial mounds nearby .

See also

literature

  • Märta Strömberg : The megalithic tombs of Hagestad. On the problem of grave structures and grave rites . Acta Archaeologica Lundensia Volume 8. Bonn and Lund 1971.

Web links

Commons : Skreppshög  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 55 ° 26 '9.2 "  N , 14 ° 1' 3.9"  E