Stone boxes from Hundikangrud
The Hundikangrud Stone Chests (also called Muuksi Hundikangrud ) are stone chests on Lake Kahala in Muuksi in Kuusalu Municipality in Estonia . The concentration of around 250 stone boxes is unique in Estonia. They are located in an Alvar area with a thin layer of humus and are mostly oriented towards the lake. The largest group in the region and Estonia is called Hundikangrud (Wolfsberg).
Stone boxes are the most numerous and well-studied archaeological monuments of the Bronze and Iron Ages in Estonia. They were from 1100 to 200 BC. BC, some graves possibly even later. Several men, women and children were buried in the stone boxes.
See also
literature
- M. Laneman, V. Lang: New radiocarbon dates for two stone-cist graves at Muuksi, northern Estonia . - EAA, 17: 2 2013 pp. 89–122.
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Coordinates: 59 ° 29 ′ 50.3 " N , 25 ° 30 ′ 42.6" E