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<< Our Photo Pages >> Forgalla Skepp - Stone Circle in Sweden in Öland

Submitted by Aska on Sunday, 09 October 2016  Page Views: 1592

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Forgalla Skepp Alternative Name: Forgallaskeppet, RAÄ Böda 5:1
Country: Sweden
NOTE: This site is 5.45 km away from the location you searched for.

Landskap: Öland Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Böda  Nearest Village: Byxelkrok
Latitude: 57.342670N  Longitude: 17.020780E
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.
3 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
5

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Forgalla Skepp
Forgalla Skepp submitted by Aska : The stone ship on the left, a stone circle on the right and the cairns beyond. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Stone Circle in Öland

On a roadside gravel land near the seashore, there is a cemetery with a stone ship, stone circles and cairns. The stone ship is low and has rudder and mast stones like Karums Alvar.
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Forgalla Skepp
Forgalla Skepp submitted by Izozo : Site in Öland Sweden (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Forgalla Skepp by Izozo on Wednesday, 08 November 2023
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I have uploaded a picture of a standing stone found in the location. It is very next to the road, maybe it was moved there because of the road reconstruction:
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