Ekornavallen

Ekornavallen is an ancient burial ground in the Falköping Municipality in Sweden [1]. It contains a variety of ancient monuments dating from the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages [1]. The Ekornavallen burial ground is located 15 km north of the city of Falköping [1]. It contains four passage graves and a gallery grave from the Neolithic period, as well as cairns, stone circles, twelve standing stones, eight round stone settings and one triangular stone setting all dating from the Bronze and Iron Ages [1]. The largest, and best known, of the Neolithic passage graves at Ekornavallen is one called the "Girommen" which according to early writers means the giant oven [1]. The grave was restored in the 1940s when a fragment of a chisel, some amber slivers and some ornate potsherds were found [1]. The cairns at Ekornavallen probably date to the Bronze Age [1]. The largest cairn has a diameter of more than 20 metres, is 2 metres high, and is surrounded by large kerb stones [1].