Donnerstag, 16. April 2015

Addition Sweden - Blomsholm Stone Ship


I love stoneage-things and so I visited the Blomsholm Stoneship near Strömstad. The site lies beautiful on a hill overlooking the land, which has been a bay in the stoneage. You can see the Stoneship for miles and easily on Google Maps, it is huge!

" For almost 2,000 years, the Blomsholm Ship has 'sailed' across the meadows. The stone ship is one of the oldest in Sweden, more than 40 metres long with 49 stone blocks, and from the early part of the Scandinavian Iron Age, i.e. 500-1050 AD. The size and prominent position of the grave shows that an important person must be buried here. In the 18th century, when King Charles XII was at war with Norway, Blomsholm Country House was used as a field hospital. (source: vastsverige.com)








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