Vätteryd, Iron Age grave field in Hässleholm Municipality, Sweden

Vätteryd is an Iron Age grave field beside Riksväg 23 south of Sösdala, in Hässleholm Municipality, Scania. It holds 183 menhirs, 15 stone ships — the largest 25 m long and 8 m wide — plus one square and one triangular stone setting; stone circles are absent. Most stones are low and weathered, with one taller pointed stone standing apart.

Vätteryd was used as a cremation cemetery from about 400 to 900 AD, spanning the Iron Age, Vendel and Viking periods. Between 1955 and 1957 part of the field was excavated; the graves were mostly cremation burials, and the finds included bronze and glass beads, bronze objects, spindle whorls, pottery, silver wire and silver bands, now kept in museums in Stockholm.

The name Vätterydshed refers to the heath where the graves lie between Tjörnarp and Sösdala. The dead were mostly cremated, and the grave goods — bronze and glass beads, bronze objects, spindle whorls, pottery, silver wire and silver bands — are kept in museums in Stockholm. The largest stone ship measures 25 m by 8 m.

The burial ground is open to visitors year-round and freely accessible, though the open heath offers little shelter from weather. Visitors should wear sturdy footwear and take time to view the stone arrangements from different vantage points.

At the start of the 19th century about 600 stones stood here; roughly a third have since disappeared. The 1955–1957 excavation found the burials were mostly cremations, with grave goods such as bronze and glass beads, spindle whorls, pottery, silver wire and silver bands later kept in Stockholm museums.