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<< Our Photo Pages >> Valstad 9:1 - Passage Grave in Sweden in Västergötland

Submitted by DrewParsons on Tuesday, 11 October 2011  Page Views: 2669

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Valstad 9:1 Alternative Name: Valstad Klockaregården North
Country: Sweden
NOTE: This site is 32.986 km away from the location you searched for.

Landskap: Västergötland Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Falköping  Nearest Village: Valstad
Latitude: 58.117560N  Longitude: 13.803650E
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
3 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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Valstad 9:1
Valstad 9:1 submitted by DrewParsons : One of the tow large capstones on the top of the mound. Both capstones have cup marks. September 2011. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Passage Grave in Västergötland. Valsted 9:1 is one of two large passage graves south of the village of Valstad. There is a huge mound now 26 metres in diameter and 2 metres high, although originally it is thought to have been 30 metres in diameter.

There are orthostats still visible and two capstones both with cup marks on them - 21 on the southern one and 9 on the northern one. Tilley (see references below) calls this site and its nearby twin "Valstad Klockaregården Passage Graves". Valstad 8:1 is visible 250 metres away towards the southwest. To reach the site drive east from Falköping on highway 193 and turn south at Folkabo. Drive south through the village towards Bäck. 1 kilometres south of the village the site is 125 metres into a field on the west (right) side of the lane. References: Riksantikvarieämbetet Fornsök: Valstad 9:1; Tilley C, The Dolmens and Passsage Graves of Sweden (page 184), University College, London, 1999.
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Valstad 9:1
Valstad 9:1 submitted by DrewParsons : View from the mound towards the twin passage grave of Valsted 8:1 some 250 metres away. September 2011. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Valstad 9:1
Valstad 9:1 submitted by DrewParsons : Close up of one of the capstones illustrating the attractive embedded pink quartz in the rock. The adjacent Valstad 8:1 has many boulders of this rock on its upper mound. September 2011. (5 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Valstad 9:1
Valstad 9:1 submitted by DrewParsons : Cup mark on one of the capstones. September 2011. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Valstad 9:1
Valstad 9:1 submitted by DrewParsons : View across the capstone and orthostats towards the lane. September 2011. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Valstad 9:1
Valstad 9:1 submitted by DrewParsons : September 2011. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Valstad 9:1
Valstad 9:1 submitted by DrewParsons : The 26 metre mound seen across the field. September 2011.

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