Image 6219.01.13 by Leslie Garland

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6219.01.13 Hjortsberga bell tower seen over Iron Age cemetery near Ronneby Blekinge Sweden Keywords: Located on a ridge called Johannishusåsen between Ronneby and Karlskrona the site contains 110 graves and 17 ship settings barrows and standing stones dating from between 700 and 1050 AD The tower is of oak and first recorded in 1665 Hjortsberga medieval church stands on the other side of the road Swedish coastal burial ground death dead sacred religion belief afterlife spirit world journey voyage pagan Viking old ancient stem stern outline antiquity ritual ceremony ceremonial monument place of worship religious sacred wild rites of spring new birth beginning primitive elemental strange eerie scene quite peaceful unusual unnatural bright clear blue sky ages time Johannishusasen lgpl
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Photographer: Leslie Garland
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Hjortsberga bell tower seen over Iron Age cemetery near Ronneby

Blekinge Sweden
Keywords: Located on a ridge called Johannishusåsen between Ronneby and Karlskrona the site contains 110 graves and 17 ship settings barrows and standing stones dating from between 700 and 1050 AD The tower is of oak and first recorded in 1665 Hjortsberga medieval church stands on the other side of the road Swedish coastal burial ground death dead sacred religion belief afterlife spirit world journey voyage pagan Viking old ancient stem stern outline antiquity ritual ceremony ceremonial monument place of worship religious sacred wild rites of spring new birth beginning primitive elemental strange eerie scene quite peaceful unusual unnatural bright clear blue sky ages time Johannishusasen lgpl