Rings and arrangements
Ship setting
Upright stones set out in the plan of a ship, usually around graves (Iron Age to Viking Age Scandinavia and the Baltic).
The figures
Counted from the published site index- Catalogued
- 87
- Countries
- 5
- With a dated range
- 95%83 of 87 sites
- With a licensed photo
- 27
See every Ship setting on the globeWhere they are
From the Atlas taxonomy, with its Wikidata and Getty AAT matches.
The sites of this type
Sites 1–24 of 27, by name
550 CE*Åsa grave field
c. 1000 BCE–1000 CE
Askeberga stone ship
c. 1000 BCE–1000 CE
Blomsholm stone ship
c. 1000 BCE–1000 CE
Dyndved Strand
c. 1000 BCE–1000 CE
Gålrums grave field
c. 1000 BCE–1000 CEGammel Lejre Skibssætning
c. 1000 BCE–1000 CE
Gannarve stone ship
c. 1000 BCE–1000 CEGettlinge grave field
c. 1000 BCE–1000 CE
Glavendrup
c. 1000 BCE–1000 CE
Gnisvärd stone ships
c. 1000 BCE–1000 CEIstrehågan
500–600 CE
Jelling stone ship
c. 1000 BCE–1000 CE
Konappe Skov Skibssætning
c. 1000 BCE–1000 CE
Nässja stone ship
c. 1000 BCE–1000 CE
Noaks ark
c. 1000 BCE–1000 CERannarve grave field
c. 1000 BCE–1000 CE
Runsa stone ship
c. 1000 BCE–1000 CE
Schiffssetzung bei Ugglarp
c. 1000 BCE–1000 CE
Schiffssetzung Stenhed
c. 1000 BCE–1000 CE
Skeppssättningen vid Mjösjön
c. 1000 BCE–1000 CE
Skibssætning ved Bække
c. 1000 BCE–1000 CE
Tingvold stone ship in Steinkjer
No published date range

Tjelvar's grave
c. 1000 BCE–1000 CE
Where they are
One dot per site of this type, on a plain graticule. The map draws from the published site index.