The stone ship at Anund's barrow The Stone ship was a Gemanic burial custom, typical for Scandinavia with scattered examples in Northern Germany and along the coast of the Baltic States (where they are called devil ships). They are believed to have represented the actual burning ship in which the dead was sent out to the sea. Excavations have shown that they are usually from the latter part of the Nordic Bronze Age ca. 1000 BC - 500 BC (e.g. Gotland) or from the Germanic Iron Age, the Vendel Age and the Viking Age (e.g. Blekinge and Scania). Anunds barrow, a grave associated with Anund. ...
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The Nordic Bronze Age is the name given by Oscar Montelius (1843-1921) to a period in Scandinavian pre-history, ca 1700 BC -500 BC, with sites that reached as far east as Estonia [1] Petroglyphs from Scandinavia (Häljesta, Västmanland in Sweden). ...
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Gotland is the largest island in the Baltic Sea. ...
The Vendel Age (550-793) was the name of a Swedish part of the Germanic Iron Age (or, more generally, the Age of Migrations). ...
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Blekinge is the name of a geographical region in Sweden which can refer to: Blechingia, or Blekinge - a historical Province of Sweden Blekinge County, or Blekinge län - a current County of Sweden This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same...
Scania (Skåne) is the southernmost historical Province (landskap) of Sweden. ...
The stone ships are built from tighly or loosely fit slabs or stones. Sometimes they are of monumental proportions. In Sweden, the size varies from 67 metres (Ale's Stones) to only a few metres. The orientation varies. Inside, they can be cobbled or filled with stones, or have raised stones in the positions of masts. The illusion of being ships has often been reinforced by larger stones in the ends. Some have an oblique aft. Ship settings are often found on grave fields, but sometimes far from any other archaeological remains. The Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sverige listen) is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. ...
Ales Stones Ales Stones is a megalithic monument in Scania, from circa 500 BC, that is, the end of the Nordic Bronze Age and the beginning of the Pre-Roman Iron Age. ...
Prominent stone ships
- Ale's Stones Image (http://members.chello.se/solgrop/Grafik/K%e5seberga.jpg) is a stone ship in southernmost Sweden. It is 67 metres long and 19 metres wide.
- Stones of Askeberga Image (http://www.foteviken.se/sweden/vasterg/askeberg/n2076.jpg) and more images (http://hem.passagen.se/sagabo/kabinett/platser/askeberga.htm) is Sweden's second largest stone ship measuring 55 metres in length. It is, however, the most remarkable one as it is made of 24 enormous boulders.
- Anund's Mound Image (http://www.schwedenecke.de/a22schif.jpg) The double stone ship at Anund's mound has a total lenght of 100 metres and one of the ships is 25 metres wide. In the same area there are several smaller stone ships.
- Stones of Blomsholm Image (http://w1.526.telia.com/~u52602251/images/dommarringen.jpg). The stone ship at Blomsholm near Strömstad in Bohuslän measures more than 40 m in length and consists of 49 large menhirs. The fore and the aft are about 4 meters tall. There are several other large megaliths in the area.
- Tjelvar's Grave Image (http://www.guteinfo.com/foto/big/584cs.jpg) is according to legend the grave of Gotland's mythical discoverer Thjelvar, and it is dated to ca 750 BC.
Ales Stones Ales Stones is a megalithic monument in Scania, from circa 500 BC, that is, the end of the Nordic Bronze Age and the beginning of the Pre-Roman Iron Age. ...
Anunds barrow, a grave associated with Anund. ...
Strömstad is a Municipality in Västra Götaland County, in western Sweden. ...
Bahusia, or Bohuslän, is a historical Sweden. ...
A menhir at Carnac, Brittany A menhir is a large, single upright standing stone (monolith or megalith), of prehistoric European origin. ...
Megalithic tomb, Mane Braz, Brittany A megalith is a large stone which has been used to construct a structure or monument either alone or with other stones. ...
Gotland is the largest island in the Baltic Sea. ...
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See also A ship burial or boat grave is a burial in which a ship or boat is used either as a container for the dead and for grave goods, or as part of the actual grave goods. ...
Sources This article contains content from the Owl Edition of Nordisk familjebok, a Swedish encyclopedia published between 1904-1926 now in Public Domain. The Nationalencyklopedin is the most comprehensive contemporary Swedish language encyclopedia, initiated by a government grant. ...
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