Jaap van 't Veen's photos with the keyword: burial mound

Örelids Stenar (or Örelids gravfält) is dating back to the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age. People of the village of Örelid buried their dead in this grave field. There are 36 standing stones from the Iron Age and four mounds from the Bronze Age. One of the mounds was examined in 1930; the archeologists found a bronze dagger and double buttons. Behind the church in Tjärby, Örelids Stenar stands out against the horizon, situated on a beach embankment from the final stage of the Ice Age. In the 1830s there were more than 100 standing stones in the grave field. In 1971 many fallen stones were re-erected.

Anundshög is Sweden’s largest burial mound. It is 9 metres high with a diameter of 64 metres. It dates from the 6th to 8th century AD. The mound is built on a foundation of clay on which the dead were cremated. The remains were then covered with a mound of stones, which was covered by turf and earth. Many people were involved in the work of building Sweden’s largest burial mound. Anundshög offers further 11 burial mounds and 10 round stone settings. They vary in size between 6 and 30 metres in diameter. These graves were probably raised over members of different generations of the same family. On the grounds is one runestone (PiP), dedicated to Folkvid, a powerful man in the area at the beginning of the 11th century. He paid for the impressive rune stone to tell the world about his son and himself.

Kungagraven (King's Grave) is a grand Nordic Bronze Age double burial, about 3.500 years old. Thee mound has a diameter of 75 metres. The site has been used as a quarry and its stones carried off for other uses. The cists are adorned with petroglyphs carved into the stones. In 1748 two farmers discovered the 3.25 meter tomb constructed with ten slabs of stone. Several years passed before it was discovered that the slabs of stone in the tomb were adorned with petroglyphs. Between 1931–1933 a thorough excavation was undertaken and the remains of a Stone Age settlement were found under the massive cairn. The mound has been named Kungagraven due to its size, long before it was known to contain two burials. The restoration of the site was based on etchings from the 18th century and conjecture. A new chamber was constructed out of concrete and a tunnel extended into the cists. It is possible for visitors to enter the tomb and to see the engraved stones.