<< Our Photo Pages >> Karleby 58:1 - Passage Grave in Sweden in Västergötland
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Karleby 58:1 Alternative Name: Ragnvalds Kull, Ragnvalds Grav, RavarehögenCountry: Sweden Landskap: Västergötland Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Falköping Nearest Village: Karleby
Latitude: 58.153580N Longitude: 13.637810E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
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 |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Tonnox visited on 2nd Aug 2021 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4
NeolithicFanatic DrewParsons have visited here
Additional information submitted by Drew Parsons in September 2011: This is one of Scandinavia's most impressive passage graves sitting on a mound which is 33 metres in diameter and which once would have been even larger but for plough damage.
The chamber is 16 metres by 2.4 metres orientated NNW to SSE with one of its orthostats a massive 7 metres in length. There are approximately 50 cup marks on three of the 9 capstones.
To reach the site drive east from Falköping on the road towards Åsle and after 3 kilometres turn south. Approximately 3 kilometres down this road you find a car park and detailed site signs on the west side of the road. There is a short footpath to the three main sites here and this site is the central one first reached.
References: Riksantikvarieämbetet Fornsök: Karleby 58:1; Tilley C, The Dolmens and Passsage Graves of Sweden, University College, London, 1999; Archaeological Sites of Interest in the Falbygden Area, Falköping Town/Museum brochure.
Note: New photos of the longest known passage of all funnel beaker sites at 13.5m, indeed the longest passage grave chamber in Scandinavia, with an orthostat 6.5m long
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