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Submitted by DrewParsons on Wednesday, 11 November 2009  Page Views: 4837

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Erkedösen Passage Grave Alternative Name: Erkes Dös, Erke’s Dolmen
Country: Sweden
NOTE: This site is 1.843 km away from the location you searched for.

Landskap: Skåne Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Smygehamn  Nearest Village: Östra Torp
Latitude: 55.349450N  Longitude: 13.331170E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Erkedösen Passage Grave
Erkedösen Passage Grave submitted by DrewParsons : September 2009 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Erkedösen also known as Erkes Dös, or Erke’s Dolmen is in fact a passage grave dating from the Middle Neolithic era. It is set on a mound 1.5 meters high and 17 meters wide from which a nice view of the coast towards the south can be had. An eastward facing 5 metre passage leads into the chamber and on one of the slabs there are approximately 30 cup marks.

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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Erkedösen Passage Grave
Erkedösen Passage Grave submitted by Kristerp : Erkes dös in Östra Torp (Trelleborg) , Skåne, Sweden. Shot Aug 10 2012 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Erkedösen Passage Grave
Erkedösen Passage Grave submitted by DrewParsons : Site in Skåne Sweden: The passage grave and its mound photographed in September 2009 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Erkedösen Passage Grave
Erkedösen Passage Grave submitted by DrewParsons : View looking from the chamber back down the passage (Vote or comment on this photo)

Erkedösen Passage Grave
Erkedösen Passage Grave submitted by DrewParsons : The mound is 1.5 metre high. A lovely site in pleasant farmlands. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Erkedösen Passage Grave
Erkedösen Passage Grave submitted by DrewParsons : The five metre eastern facing passage with its chamber behind it.

Erkedösen Passage Grave
Erkedösen Passage Grave submitted by Tonnox : Erkes Dös. RAÄ nummer Lilla Isie 1:1. Passage grave. Gånggrift. Location near the sea. More information at the buttom of the main site. Foto august 2022

Erkedösen Passage Grave
Erkedösen Passage Grave submitted by Tonnox : Erkes Dôs. Foto august 2022

Erkedösen Passage Grave
Erkedösen Passage Grave submitted by Tonnox : Erkes Dös. Foto august 2022

Erkedösen Passage Grave
Erkedösen Passage Grave submitted by Tonnox

Erkedösen Passage Grave
Erkedösen Passage Grave submitted by Tonnox

Erkedösen Passage Grave
Erkedösen Passage Grave submitted by Tonnox

Erkedösen Passage Grave
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Erkedösen Passage Grave
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Erkedösen Passage Grave
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Erkedösen Passage Grave
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Erkedösen Passage Grave
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Erkedösen Passage Grave
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Re: Erkedösen Passage Grave by Tonnox on Sunday, 06 November 2022
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Fornsök, Riksantikvarieämbetet, Sweden
Erkes Dös, RAÄ-nummer Lilla Isie 1:1, Passage grave (Gånggrift)
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