Stone box from Ånimskog
The stone box of Ånimskog ( Swedish Ånimskogs Hällkista ) is located in Ånimskog in the municipality of Åmål in Dalsland in Sweden and dates from the Neolithic (3000-1500 BC). A younger type of these stone boxes comes from the older Bronze Age (1500–1000 BC).
The north-south oriented stone box is located on the eastern shore of Lake Ånimmen opposite the island of Henriksholm . It consists of a chamber, about 4.0 m long and 1.5 m wide, covered with three large capstones. The access is in the south. Only one capstone is in situ . There are bowls on one of the other capstones . The stone box lies in the middle of an oval circle made of building stones , some of which are missing in the northwestern part.
The megalithic complex was examined and restored between 1973 and 1974. The grave had been looted, but a picture of the grave equipment was revealed, including flint and quartz flakes, ceramic shards, a grindstone, a slate pendant , a spearhead and 10 heart-shaped arrowheads made of flint .
See also
literature
- Mårten Stenberger : Nordic prehistory. Volume 4: Prehistory of Sweden. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1977, ISBN 3-529-01805-8 .
Web links
- Stone box from Ånimskog - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
- Description and picture
- Description (Swedish) and picture
- image
Coordinates: 58 ° 53 '58.2 " N , 12 ° 32' 32.4" E