Västergötland's largest burial mound

Standing 250 metres northwest of the local church, Skalunda hög is the largest burial mound in Västergötland and the second largest in Sweden. With a diameter of 65 metres and a height of 7 metres, its size is comparable to the largest royal mounds from Uppland dating from the folkvandringstid, and only slightly smaller than Anundshög in Västerås.

In 1956, the researcher Birger Nerman proposed that this site could house the remains of the Geatish sagakung Beowulf. While this idea is not scientifically supported, carbon 14 testing on the surface has dated the mound to the beginning of the 7th century. The mound remains unexcavated.

Nearby, a judge's ring consisting of seven boulders arranged in a circle spans ten metres in diameter. Another burial mound, known as Kung Skjolms hög, sits 400 metres southeast of the church with a diameter of 25 metres and a height of 2.5 metres. Two runestones also stand within the churchyard, adding to the archaeological context of the area.

Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons