Blårör

Blårör is a megalithic mound on Öland, Sweden, situated below the road between Borgholm and Köpingsvik. It is the largest grave mound on Öland. The mound was built during the Bronze Age, when it stood closer to the shore in a flat, low-lying area because of later land uplift. Its estimated date range is 2000 BCE to 1050 CE.

The mound measures 40 meters in diameter and is three meters high. Its rounded stones are usually three to four decimeters across. A depression about two meters wide and half a meter deep lies on top. On the north-northwestern side, a four-meter-long, one-meter-deep hollow at the foot of the mound resembles a “port” leading into its interior.

The grave was examined in 1849, when attention focused on its centre. Treasure seekers had already been there, and the remains of a stone cist contained only bone fragments and a bone button. During restoration in 1927, four graves were found: two inhumation graves dated to the earlier Bronze Age and two cremation graves from the later Bronze Age. One cremation grave held a sword probably made in Denmark, with no known equivalent in Sweden.

The name Blårör is also used for three other places on Öland, including two stone settings in Alböke socken, a mound north of Rälla and Ekerum, and a mound between Ramsättra and Ramdala that may have given the name. In the surrounding area are cup-marked stones, fixed in the ground and carved with hollows that may have had religious or ritual significance. Such stones are generally found in settings associated with the Bronze Age or earlier Iron Age.

Blårör is a megalithic mound (tumulus with integral stones) in Sweden. A typological estimate: 2000 BCE to 1050 CE. No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the Swedish article "Blårör", shown in the original language.