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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Erkedösen Passage Grave Alternative Name: Erkes Dös, Erke’s DolmenCountry: Sweden
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Landskap: Skåne Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Smygehamn Nearest Village: Östra Torp
Latitude: 55.349450N Longitude: 13.331170E
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4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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Excavated in 1915 the finds included amber beads, pot sherds, a flint chisel, flint flakes and three bone fragments. As with other passage graves in Skåne most finds were seen immediately outside the passage entrance with a 10 centimetre thick layer of pot sherds, flint blades and a broken axe found there. The finds are in the Lunds Universitets Historiska Museum in the lovely old city of Lund. Legend has it that there was a pathway trodden by the gods of ancient times between Erkedösen and the nearby passage grave at Östra Torp.
I used the Swedish National Terrangkartan 1:50,000 map number 502 “Skurup” to reach the site which is half way between Västra Torp and Östra Torp hamlets. From the site sign on this little lane you need to walk south alongside the western edge of the farmhouse and then between the crop and the hedgerow to reach the site.
For accommodation, try the Youth Hostel in Lund for an interesting stay – it’s an old sleeper train now on a siding and equipped as a fully functioning Swedish YHA hostel.
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