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The stone ship, or ship setting, was an early burial custom in Scandinavia, Northern Germany, and the Baltic states. The grave or cremation burial was surrounded by slabs or stones in the shape of a b
The two greatest stone ships at Anund's barrow in Sweden.
Blomsholm, Sweden
Lindholm Høje
Altes Lager (Menzlin)
Jelling
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Jelling is a railway town in Denmark with a population of 4,038, located in Jelling Parish, approximately 10 km northwest of Vejle. The town lies 105 metres above sea level.
Stone ship
…Bække, Denmark. 800 m north of Bække there is a 45 m (148 ft) ship which dates to the Viking Age. Jelling stone ship. Under the southern mound in Jelling, Denmark, which is associated with Queen Thyra, remains of a giant Viking Age stone ship have been found, by far the largest known: either 170 or 354…
Former sign of Jelling Municipality
Jelling church and Viking Age burial mounds