Rannarve ship burials

Rannarve is a unique grave field from the younger age in Klinte socken on western Gotland, just northeast of Klintehamn. On the site, there are eight monuments; six ship burials, a round stone setting, and a rest stone.

Four of the ship burials are located in a row, are exactly the same size, and have common stem stones. Together, these four ship burials measure 32 meters long and are four meters wide. The stones are upright, closely placed, and the stem stones are higher than the others, about two meters high. The burials sail in a north-south direction.

The ship burials were examined and restored in 1966-1967. In the second southernmost of the four joined ship burials, a greywacke chest was found containing an unusual house urn with burned bones and two miniature bronze knives. Other artifacts found during archaeological excavations included a biconical urn with burned bones and miniature bronze objects, such as a pair of tweezers and a razor.

The area around Rannarve is rich in monuments. If you continue along the path 300 meters to the north, you will reach a large grave mound that is barely three meters high and 21 meters in diameter.

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