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Submitted by NeolithicFanatic on Monday, 17 July 2023 Page Views: 2041

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Degerhamn Standing Stone
Country: Sweden Landskap: Öland Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)

Latitude: 56.344310N Longitude: 16.412050E
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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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-1	Completely destroyed

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5	Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4	Short walk on a footpath
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2	A long walk
1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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**Degerhamn Standing Stone** submitted by NeolithicFanatic : Close up of the orthoceras fossils. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Just south of the towns of Degerhamn and Södra Möckleby and next to the main road is a 3 metre tall standing stone. The stone is made from a large slab of red limestone - commonly found all over the island of Öland. However, the most noticeable part is the west facing side, which is covered in orthoceras fossils - an extinct type of squid from the Middle Ordovician period.

These types of fossils, together with trilobites, are commonly found in the limestone all over the island - in dry stone walls, building walls, floors and on the beaches.

More information here: Södra Möckleby 119:1
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