Starkotters grav

Starkotters grav is a rectangular, rose- like stone setting from the Germanic Iron Age (0–600 AD) near Vattjom , 17 km west of Sundsvall , south of the E 14 road in Sweden . In addition to the stone setting from which it is named, the narrower find area includes a burial mound , another rectangular and four round stone settings and two building stones . There are around 30 other sites with a total of 130 objects in the vicinity.

The stone setting, known as Starkotters grav , measures about 16 by 4.5–6 meters, with the greatest width in the middle. The corners are marked by much larger stones set in the ground, whereby the stone on the southwest corner was destroyed. According to local tradition, the stones on the west side represent the feet of the giant star otter, those on the east side his head and neck.

The facility was originally called Röde-Pilts grav , also after a legendary giant. The current name probably ties in with the depiction of the Skåne warrior Starkotter in Erik Julius Biörner's Nordiska kämpa dater, published in 1737 .

One of the Bronze Age hills in the range of hills around Lejre in Denmark is probably called Stærkodders Høj for the same reason.

literature

• Wolfram zu Mondfeld: Viking trip . Koehler, Herford 1985, ISBN 3-7822-0360-7 , pp. 156 .

Web links

• Starkotters grav - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)

Coordinates: 62 ° 21 ′ 39.2 "  N , 17 ° 0 ′ 36.3"  E