The next morning,
Katarina gave us a tour of
Östra Vemmerlöv church. This church dates from the 12
th century and is famous for its chalk drawings. These drawings were made in the 15
th century and depict stories from the bible mixed with stories about the nobility in the area. During the reformation they were covered over with white paint, since the early Lutherans did not want their churches decorated. The drawings were discovered and restored recently.
This close up shows Adam and Eve eating the cursed apples,
and afterwards, when a rich lady beats them....
It was time to say goodbye to
Katarina and
Killans Bönegård and drive to
Glimmingehus, a medieval fort not far from
Östra Vemmerlöv.
We took a short tour and walked around the fort and learned a little more about medieval history before we continued our quest for more stones.
This time it was the
Kungagraven (the King's Grave) or
Kiviksgraven. According to the archaeological establishment (
Riksantikvarieämbetet) this is the oldest (3000 years) and biggest grave (75 m in diameter) from the Bronze Age in Scandinavia. And it is supposed to be a grave for some important king. However, according to Bob, it is some kind of cult place and not a grave at all. And indeed, some recent research seems to prove that inside the grave, there is not one person buried, but many.....
and they seem to all be teenagers..... So the new research suggests that it was a place where humans were offered to the gods..... I must say, we were not left with a very high impression of Swedish
archaeologists.
Time for lunch in
Kivik. We bought wonderful smoked fish (salmon and herring) at
Buhre's Fish to eat for lunch and then a lot of pickled herring to eat when we got back to Bengt and Eva's.
But before heading back, our quest for the truth about Ale's Stones was not over. Here we set out to find
Heimdall's Stones, which supposedly also had been set up according to astronomical principles directly north of
Kivik. We searched and searched, but could only find beautiful flowers....
Or is this it? ... No, I don't think so. So, our quest was in vain, but we did have a wonderful hike along the shore at
Verkeån's Nature Preserve.
Back home it was time to try all the different pickled herrings that Bengt had bought at
Buhre's Fish.
And a little Skåne of course.
As if we had not had enough of stones, we decided that we had to see a real, undisputed Viking grave from about 500 AD. This one is formed by stones, what else, like a Viking ship and is right outside
Genarp where Bengt and Eva live.
The next morning, Katarina gave us a tour of Östra Vemmerlöv church. This church dates from the 12th century and is famous for its chalk drawings. These drawings were made in the 15th century and depict stories from the bible mixed with stories about the nobility in the area. During the reformation they were covered over with white paint, since the early Lutherans did not want their churches decorated. The drawings were discovered and restored recently.
This close up shows Adam and Eve eating the cursed apples,
and afterwards, when a rich lady beats them....
It was time to say goodbye to Katarina and Killans Bönegård and drive to Glimmingehus, a medieval fort not far from Östra Vemmerlöv.
We took a short tour and walked around the fort and learned a little more about medieval history before we continued our quest for more stones.
This time it was the Kungagraven (the King's Grave) or Kiviksgraven. According to the archaeological establishment (Riksantikvarieämbetet) this is the oldest (3000 years) and biggest grave (75 m in diameter) from the Bronze Age in Scandinavia. And it is supposed to be a grave for some important king. However, according to Bob, it is some kind of cult place and not a grave at all. And indeed, some recent research seems to prove that inside the grave, there is not one person buried, but many.....
and they seem to all be teenagers..... So the new research suggests that it was a place where humans were offered to the gods..... I must say, we were not left with a very high impression of Swedish archaeologists.
Time for lunch in Kivik. We bought wonderful smoked fish (salmon and herring) at Buhre's Fish to eat for lunch and then a lot of pickled herring to eat when we got back to Bengt and Eva's.
But before heading back, our quest for the truth about Ale's Stones was not over. Here we set out to find Heimdall's Stones, which supposedly also had been set up according to astronomical principles directly north of Kivik. We searched and searched, but could only find beautiful flowers....
Or is this it? ... No, I don't think so. So, our quest was in vain, but we did have a wonderful hike along the shore at Verkeån's Nature Preserve.
Back home it was time to try all the different pickled herrings that Bengt had bought at Buhre's Fish.
And a little Skåne of course.
As if we had not had enough of stones, we decided that we had to see a real, undisputed Viking grave from about 500 AD. This one is formed by stones, what else, like a Viking ship and is right outside Genarp where Bengt and Eva live.
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