Lugnarohögen, Bronze Age burial mound in Hasslöv, Sweden.
Lugnarohögen is a Bronze Age burial mound near Hasslöv in southern Sweden. The earthen mound rises several meters and contains a stone ship formation with stones of varying heights marking the bow and stern.
A major archaeological breakthrough came in 1926 when excavations uncovered burned human bones and Bronze Age artifacts like a miniature sword with an antenna-like grip, tweezers, and an awl. These findings show the mound dates back about three thousand years.
The name Lugnarohögen traces back to a local family that owned the land where the mound stands. The arrangement of stones in ship form shows how people expressed their connection to the sea through their burial customs.
The site is freely accessible to visitors and the surroundings offer good views of the archaeological structure from outside. A small building nearby houses an exhibition about the discovered artifacts and explains more about the excavations.
Particularly interesting is the arrangement of stones in ship form, a burial practice common in the Bronze Age but less known today. These stone ships may have served as symbolic vessels for the deceased in the afterlife.
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