Swedish Stonehenge Discovered Near Viking Monument

 A Swedish Stonehenge was lately discovered around the coves near a Viking-era ship monument, CBS News is confirming. Researchers discovered the traditional tomb chilling out close to the Ales Stenar (Ale’s Gemstones), an accumulation of 59 large big chunks of rock arranged the same shape as a ship. A few of the giant gemstones accustomed to construct the monument might have once belonged towards the ancient structure it rests above.

Researchers grew to become concered about the region after finding peculiar markings around the Ales Stenar megaliths. Investigator theorized that possibly the gemstones have been stolen from ancient tombs or structures to produce the Viking monument. After checking the website using radar and magnetic sensors, researchers discovered a sizable circular structure having a rectangular center situated underneath the Ales Stenar.

When a small hole have been dug in the center of the monument, researchers discovered large imprints from the giant big chunks of rock which once known as the region home. A very common theory would be that the coves were when the location of the dolmen, which Wikipedia describes as “consisting of 3 or more upright gemstones supporting a sizable flat horizontal capstone.” Many of these ancient tombs were built throughout the Neolithic period.

“We found traces - mostly imprints - of huge big chunks of rock,” lead archaeologist Bengst Soderberg described to LiveScience. “So my conviction is the fact that a few of the gemstones a minimum of, they're sitting on the ship setting. All the gemstones have been removed. And That I would say, most most likely they're standing 40 meters from the dolmen in which the ship setting can be found.”

Researchers mentioned the dolmen under consideration might be over 5,five centuries ago. However, before an effective theory could be fashioned, scientists are anxious to gather material in the tomb’s outer ring. Presently, its purpose is unknown.

The Swedish Stonehenge isn't unlike the most popular monument situated within the county of Wiltshire. Mike Parker Pearson, mind from the Stonehenge Riverside Project, thinks the famous British structure was initially designed like a funeral site.

“The cremation funeral dating to Stonehenge’s sarsen gemstones phase is probably one of many out of this later duration of the monument’s use and demonstrates it's still greatly a website from the dead,” Pearson described.

If Bengst Soderberg’s information is correct, then your Swedish Stonehenge may be over the age of its British counterpart.