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<title>Karleby 58:1</title>
<link>http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=10871</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=10871"><img src="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/a558/a312/gallery/Scandinavia/Sweden/thumb/Karleby_132-2.jpg" align="left"></a></p>]]>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. In the Karleby area you will find eleven passage graves within a distance of a few kilometers. The condition of the graves varies. Some of them have cup marks on the roof slabs. The largest grave is called &quot;Ragnvalds grav&quot;. </description>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 21:25:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Karleby 59:1</title>
<link>http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=30164</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=30164"><img src="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/a558/a312/gallery/Scandinavia/Sweden/thumb/Karleby_59__1__0302.JPG" align="left"></a></p>]]>. Logårds Kulle (Karleby 59:1) is the northernmost of the three main sites at Karleby and sits in a mound some 27 metres by 11 metres which is 2 metres high and within which an inner mound measuring 15 metres in diameter and a further 1 metre high has been built.  </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 23:16:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Karleby 57:1</title>
<link>http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=30162</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=30162"><img src="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/a558/a312/gallery/Scandinavia/Sweden/thumb/Karleby_57__1_Klovagarden__0308.JPG" align="left"></a></p>]]>. Klövagårdens Gånggrift (Karleby 57:1) is the southernmost of the three main sites adjacent to one another at Karleby near Falköping.  The site has a mound 23 metres by 22 metres which is 2.7 metres high.  </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:41:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Karleby 60:1</title>
<link>http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=30161</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=30161"><img src="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/a558/a312/gallery/Scandinavia/Sweden/thumb/Karleby_59___1__0323.JPG" align="left"></a></p>]]>. This passage grave is located due north and in alignment with the three best known passage graves at Karleby, but being a little off the track it is less frequently visited. </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 21:19:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Karleby 35:1</title>
<link>http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=30154</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=30154"><img src="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/a558/a312/gallery/Scandinavia/Sweden/thumb/Karleby_35__1__0335.JPG" align="left"></a></p>]]>. Passage Grave in Västergötland</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:43:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Karleby 82:1</title>
<link>http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=30153</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=30153"><img src="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/a558/a312/gallery/Scandinavia/Sweden/thumb/Karleby_82___1__0270.JPG" align="left"></a></p>]]>. Passage Grave in Västergötland. This passage grave sits in a mound some 18 metres by 13 metres and 0.9 metres high. The chamber is 9 metres by 1.8 metres and on the capstones there are many cup marks. One stone has 50 cup marks which vary from 5 cm to 13 cm in diametre and 0.5 cm to 4 cm in depth. </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:45:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gökhem 72:1</title>
<link>http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=30145</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=30145"><img src="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/a558/a312/gallery/Scandinavia/Sweden/thumb/Odensberg_0538.JPG" align="left"></a></p>]]>. Passage Grave in Västergötland</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 05:15:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Skånum Rune Stone</title>
<link>http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=30144</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=30144"><img src="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/a558/a312/gallery/Scandinavia/Sweden/thumb/Skanum_runestone_0533.JPG" align="left"></a></p>]]>. Rune Stone in Västergötland</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 04:27:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kinneved 15:1</title>
<link>http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=30128</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=30128"><img src="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/a558/a312/gallery/Scandinavia/Sweden/thumb/Kinneved_15__1__0529a.jpg" align="left"></a></p>]]>. Passage Grave in Västergötland.  The mound seen in the distance - look directly above the sheep to see it!!  This was my last site of the day and I had run out of time so I did not get any nearer than this farm lane.  September 2011.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 07:23:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kinneved 14:1</title>
<link>http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=30127</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=30127"><img src="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/a558/a312/gallery/Scandinavia/Sweden/thumb/Monarps_Mosse_0526.JPG" align="left"></a></p>]]>. Passage Grave in Västergötland</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 07:14:27 GMT</pubDate>
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