Stenkullen is an archaeological site in Tuns parish, Lidköping municipality. Standing 7 metres high and stretching 60 metres in diameter, this massive gravröse is one of the largest in the country. It is located on the southern edge of the village of Tun, near the Lidköping-Såtenäs airport.
The gravröse can likely be dated to a period before the modern era. Large parts of the mound in the south have disappeared because the parish once had the right to use it as a quarry. There are signs that a chain of larger stones once surrounded the mound. Just next to the mound lies an old sacrificial spring and the remains of older buildings.
On the other side of the road lies an Iron Age burial ground, with another burial mound visible further away by Tuns church.
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Written by Nik Frost
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