The chamber grave of Örenäsgånggriften

Located in the Glumslövs socken in Landskrona kommun, Örenäsgånggriften is a well-preserved chamber grave. It sits in a mound 17 meters in diameter and two meters high, situated about one hundred meters from the Öresund. The site was discovered in 1843 when an ox trod into the then-overgrown grave.

The nearly rectangular chamber measures 4 by 1.7 meters and is 1.6 meters high. It is surrounded by four gavel stones, seven stones on the long sides, and three roof stones. From the eastern long side, a six-meter-long passage leads out, surrounded by six side stones on each side and three roof stones. Cup-marks are found on the largest roof stone.

After its discovery, the grave was investigated by Sven Nilsson, who found pottery shards, axes, mallets, a flint arrowhead, and amber beads in the chamber. In 1907, C. Wibling excavated the passage, uncovering more finds and the remains of seven skeletons. A further investigation between 1951 and 1953 revealed approximately 10,000 pottery shards belonging to the trattbägarkulturen, which dates the grave to the younger Stone Age. Just under two meters east of the chamber are four stones forming the remains of a cist grave.

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