Gettlinge Grave Field

Gettlinge Grave Field
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Gettlinge is a village in the southwest portion of the island of Oland, Sweden, known for its impressive Viking stone ship burial ground [1]. The site sits on a low-lying ridge along the western fringe of Stora Alvaret, a UNESCO World Heritage landscape; this ridge provided one of the few locations with sufficient soil depth for burial mound construction in southern Oland [1].

TypeNecropolis/tombs complex
Period1500 - 500 BC
CountrySweden
Coordinates56.3840° N, 16.4334° E

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