Håvesten

Description

Håvesten is an Iron Age burial ground. It consists of ten burial mounds, six stone circles and and nine big standing stones. According the legend old men, who were not able to work of fight anymore, rushed to death from Ättekullshögen, one of the highest mounds.

Address
Håvesten 5, Färgelanda, Sweden

Established
500 BC - 400 AD

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