Stone box from Herrljunga

Stone box from Herrljunga

The approximately ten meter long megalithic stone box in Herrljunga ( RAÄ -Nr. Herrljunga 9: 1) in Västergötland in Sweden lies in a hill on the new cemetery.

It consists of an antechamber and a 9.5 meter long main chamber. There is a soul hole in the broken partition between the areas .

During the excavation in 1875, amber and flint objects , broken ceramic vessels, bone fragments and spirals (about 2 cm in diameter) made of bronze were found. In the chamber was a capstone weighing about 3-4 tons.

The stone box dates from the late Neolithic (1800–1500 BC), in which the dead were buried unburned. During the reconstruction in 1985, stones from a similar box were added to the box.

See also

• List of stone boxes
• Nordic megalithic architecture

literature

• Mårten Stenberger : Nordic prehistory. Volume 4: Prehistory of Sweden. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1977, ISBN 3-529-01805-8 .

Web links

Commons : Steinkiste von Herrljunga  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Description and pictures (last accessed January 15, 2014)
• Steinkiste from Herrljunga - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)

Coordinates: 58 ° 4 '45.8 "  N , 13 ° 2' 17.4"  E