Fyrkilde stone chest
The stone box of Fyrkilde dates from the Iron Age . It is located near Haverslev in the Rebild municipality in Himmerland in the Danish region of Nordjylland .
The stone box ( Danish light box ) consists of nine heavy stones, two large stones on each of the four sides and a smaller one in the northeast corner. The inside length is about 2.0 m and the width 1.6 m. The 0.8 m deep stone box is oriented east-west. Their floor is paved. Six urns and a gold ring were found. The box is fenced in on an area of 5.0 × 6.0 m.
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literature
- Ingrid Falktoft Anderson: Vejviser til Danmarks oldtid . 1994, ISBN 87-89531-10-8 . P. 189
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