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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ales stenar Alternative Name: Ale's Stones, Ales StonesCountry: Sweden Landskap: Skåne Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Village: Kåseberga
Latitude: 55.382500N Longitude: 14.054300E
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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CharcoalBurner89 visited on 26th Mar 2023 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Absolutely impressive. There is not much more to say about this site. The location by the sea, the size, everything gives the impression of a mystical place.
LeGuMa visited on 1st May 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4 It's a steep walk uphill from parking.
43559959 visited on 6th Jul 2008 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 3
WhiskyRiver visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3
fornjotr NeolithicFanatic Tonnox Alta-Falisa neolithique02 DrewParsons sirius_b have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.5 Ambience: 5 Access: 3.5
Radiocarbon dating has confirmed the date. On the other hand, amateur archaeo-astronomer Bob Lind has led a vociferous campaign asserting that the ship is several thousand years older than that and originally built as a calendarical observatory. People have actually come to blows over this in one of Sweden's most publicised battles between skeptics and woo-mongers. But not one academic archaeologist believes in Lind's interpretations. His model has been taken apart in great detail and shown to be baseless.
Note: Controversial amateur archaeologist Bob Lind excavates the Ales stones
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