Stora Kungsdösen (Östra Torp 22)

Stora Kungsdösen (Östra Torp 22) is a passage tomb near the south coast of Sweden, about two kilometres from Smygehamn. It belongs to the Funnel Beaker culture and was built between 3500 BCE and 2800 BCE. In Sweden, it is one of only three double-passage graves and one of the few passage graves in the country set within long barrows.

The monument has two chambers. The smaller western chamber is almost circular, with a diameter of about two metres, and its passage is about three metres long. The rectangular eastern chamber measures about 1,4 × 5,0 m and has a passage about 2,0 m long. Three of the passage’s supporting stones connect to the eastern chamber.

The site was investigated in 1851 and 1915. Excavations found several stone and flint objects, along with sherds from ceramic vessels. Although its name includes the Swedish word for dolmen, Stora Kungsdösen is not a dolmen but a passage grave, a form of Neolithic megalithic monument associated with the cultural and ideological development of Neolithic societies.

About 150 m to the east lies Lilla Kungsdösen, another passage grave with a chamber measuring 5,0 × 2,5 m and a passage 2,5 m long. Nearby is also Erkes dös, a small passage grave whose 3 × 4 m chamber is covered by two large blocks and reached through a 5 m passage from the east. About 30 small bowls were pecked into one of its stones.

Stora Kungsdösen (Östra Torp 22) is a passage tomb (passage grave) in Trelleborg Municipality, Sweden. A typological estimate: 3500 BCE to 2800 BCE. No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the German article "Stora Kungsdösen", shown in the original language.