Gettlinge, Öland, Sweden - Megalithic Monuments on Waymarking.com

Öland is the second largest Swedish island and the smallest of the traditional provinces of Sweden and Gettlinge is a village in the southwest portion of the island of Öland.

Gettlinge is situated on the western fringe of the Stora Alvaret, a World Heritage Site designated by UNESCO. The site is readily visible from the perimeter highway, Route 136. Gettlinge, as most prehistoric burial sites on Öland, is established on the low lying ridge, described by Hogan as a geological formation of thickened soil in this alvar region of otherwise extremely thin soil mantle.

Gettlinge is known for its impressive Viking stone ship burial ground. The Stone ship or ship setting was an early Germanic burial custom, characteristically Scandinavian but also found in Germany and the Baltic states. The grave or cremation burial is surrounded by tightly or loosely fit slabs or stones in the outline of a ship. They are often found in grave fields, but are sometimes far from any other archaeological remains.

Type: Stone Circle Parking: N 56° 23.096 W 016° 25.974 Number: 60.00 Size: average height 1-1.5 meters Source: granite Purpose: Viking stone ship burial ground

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Date Logged Log User Rating   12/30/2012 TEAM FeOl visited it