Ale's Stones
Ale's Stones at Kåseberga, around ten kilometres southeast of Ystad. | |
| Location | Scania, Sweden |
|---|---|
| Region | Österlen |
| Coordinates | 55°22′58″N 14°03′16″E / 55.382665°N 14.0543879°E |
| Type | Monument |
| History | |
| Founded | Nordic Iron Age |
| Abandoned | c. 1200 |
| Cultures | Norse |
| Site notes | |
| Archaeologists | Björn Wallebom; Bengt Söderberg |
Ale's Stones (Swedish: Ales stenar or Ale stenar) is a megalithic monument in Scania in southern Sweden. It is a stone ship, oval in outline, with the stones at each end markedly larger than the rest. It is 67 m (220 ft) long formed by 59 large boulders, weighing up to 5 tonnes each.
The carbon-14 dating system for organic remains has provided seven results at the site. One indicates that the material is around 5,500 years old, whereas the remaining six indicate a date about 1,400 years ago. The latter is considered to be the most likely time for Ales Stenar to have been created. That would place its creation towards the end of the Nordic Iron Age.