Uggarde rojr, Bronze Age burial cairn in Rone socken, Sweden.
Uggarde rojr is a Bronze Age stone burial cairn located in the Rone region of Gotland, Sweden. The structure measures about 45 meters across, stands roughly 8 meters tall, and features a surrounding ring of large stones with a circumference of about 140 meters.
This burial monument was constructed during the Bronze Age and remains one of Sweden's largest intact funerary structures. The stone ring surrounding the mound reflects the burial practices and social organization of that ancient period.
The name comes from old Gotlandic language and relates to the word Ugglegården based on regional place name studies. Visitors walking around the site can sense this connection to early settlement patterns on the island.
The site is open for visitors to explore and nearby seven other large burial cairns in the Rone region can also be visited. Wear sturdy shoes since the terrain can be uneven and muddy depending on the season and recent weather.
The land around this site has risen about six meters over three thousand years due to natural geological processes, moving the monument far from its original coastal setting. Visitors today experience a place whose geographic meaning has transformed through forces of nature.
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