<< Our Photo Pages >> Hemlanden - Barrow Cemetery in Sweden in Uppland
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: HemlandenCountry: Sweden Landskap: Uppland Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Södertälje Nearest Village: Björkö by
Latitude: 59.336480N Longitude: 17.551500E
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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Most of mounds are 5-9 m in diameter and 0.4-1m high, however barrows up to 20 m in diameter and 2.5 m high are not uncommon. Stone circles are 3-6 m in diameter and mostly built from small stones 0.2-0.3 m high. All tree-cornered stone settings have sides of 5-7 m, except one that has sides of 20m and made of 0.7 m high stones. Stone ships reach 15 m in length.
Alexander Seton, a Scottish amateur, was the first to excavate 13 graves at Hemlanden cemetery in 1825-27. About 700 graves were then investigated in 1873-95 by Hjalmar Stolpe. In 1932 three more burials were explored by Holger Arbman.
The majority of burials were pagan, cremations and inhumations, many with rich grave-goods: food, cloth, jewelry and equipment.
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