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<< Our Photo Pages >> Kauparve röse - Cairn in Sweden in Gotland

Submitted by Bjorn on Tuesday, 27 May 2008  Page Views: 4803

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kauparve röse
Country: Sweden
NOTE: This site is 3.082 km away from the location you searched for.

Landskap: Gotland Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Visby  Nearest Village: Lärbro
Latitude: 57.804000N  Longitude: 18.809000E
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
4

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Kauparve röse
Kauparve röse submitted by Bjorn : On of the two cists can be seen here. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This is certainly a cairn with a difference. You can see the tower or chimney shape of the central structure, surrounded by a clearly visible outer wall creating a "walking passage" around the tower. One of the two cists inside it can be seen in these photos. This is definitely one of the most attractive cairns in Gotland.

"The cairn, which was built in several stages, was about 3 metres high and 18 metres in diameter. Inside the tower-shaped inner part, which was open at the top, were found two cists, (stone coffins) with skeletons and grave-goods belonging to three individuals.

Around the tower is a wall half a metre high, which held the stones between the tower and the outer wall in place. Three Iron Age burials were found under these stones.

South of the cairn is a cist of limestone slabs.

In the Early Bronze Age (ca. 1800 - 1100 BCE), imposing burial structures of stone were erected at visible locations along the coasts and channels of communication. There are 400 such large cairns in Gotland.

Under the mounds of stones there are sometimes parts of buildings, such as walls and towers, or cists - coffins made of stone flags. Most cairns are burial places for several people. They were used over a long period.

Standing stones or a cist of limestone slabs can often be seen south of these cairns."

(Information from a sign at the site)



On road 148 drive northwards past Lärbro. After about 2 kilometres turn left into a sign-posted smaller road that leads up to the site.
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Kauparve röse
Kauparve röse submitted by Bjorn : One of a couple of smaller graves next to the cairn. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kauparve röse
Kauparve röse submitted by Bjorn : A closer look at the cist grave. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Kauparve röse submitted by ShamrockStone : Site in Gotland Sweden Information Panel. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kauparve röse
Kauparve röse submitted by ShamrockStone : Site in Gotland Sweden (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kauparve röse
Kauparve röse submitted by ShamrockStone

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Re: Kauparve röse by Martin_L on Wednesday, 27 August 2008
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Condition: 3
Great site! Condition "2" is somewhat underating. What about condition "3" = Reasonable but with some damage?
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