Gårdstånga

Gårdstånga
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Ancient community in Eslov Municipality, Skane County, Sweden, situated at a bridge over the River Kavlingeaan along the Malmo-Kristianstad highway. The site features a Bronze Age burial mound (gravhog) and runestones discovered in 1867, later moved to Runstenkullen in Lund. Settlement is believed to date from the 10th century. The 13th-century Gardstanga church contains notable works by Danish sculptor Jakob Kremberg, including the pulpit (1612), altarpiece (1612), and font (1621), created during the reign of Christian IV of Denmark.

TypeMound/tumulus
Period4500 - 3000 BC
CountrySweden
Coordinates55.7668° N, 13.3500° E

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