Gannarve
Gannarve skeppssättning Fröjel · Gannarve Stone Ship Gotland · Gannarve skeppssättning · Gannarve Fröjel
Bronze Age → Early Iron Age 1100–500 BCE Gotland·Nordic Bronze Age Gotlandic (Gotland stone-ship tradition)·🇸🇪 Gotland County, Gotland island, Fröjel parish 25 km south of Visby on Gotland west coast (Gannarve farm 4 km NE of Sandhamn fishing harbour, Fröjel), Sweden
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About Gannarve
Gannarve — Gotland stone ship (skeppssättning) Late Bronze–Early Iron Age (c.1100–500 BCE) on Gannarve farm ridge 4 km NE Sandhamn, Fröjel, Gotland west coast, 25 km south Visby. Granite–limestone 28 m long 7 m wide outline with 24 boulders, bow–stern 2 m, interior burial cist of gotlandic sandstone. Excavated? Un-excavated? Recorded Gotland Fornsal: Bronze to Vendel reuse, Gotland maritime cult. Part of Gotland stone-ship landscape (800+ stone ships Gotland, compared Ale's Stones). Gannarve is iconic Fröjel west-coast ship with Visby limestone backdrop. Threats coastal erosion?
Why it mattersGotland west-coast stone ship 28 m — 800-ship Gotlandic maritime cult type
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Cist — primary Bronze or Vendel reuse?
Theories
- 01Gotland maritime afterlife ship
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.1100–500 BCE Late Bronze–Early Iron Age (Skeppssättning)
- Period
- Bronze Age → Early Iron Age 1100–500 BCE Gotland
- Culture
- Nordic Bronze Age Gotlandic (Gotland stone-ship tradition)
- Builders
- Gotlandic Bronze mariners (Gannarve farm kin)
- Purpose
- Stone-ship burial/cult outline 28×7 m on west-coast ridge above Sandhamn
- Abandoned
- Early Iron Age reuse 500 BCE
- Rediscovered
- Recorded 19th c Gotland Fornsal; FR designation FR Gotland
- Excavation
- Unexcavated
1100 BCE
Stone ship 28 m set on Gannarve ridge Fröjel
19th c
Gotland Fornsal records 24 boulders
today
Preserved Fröjel heritage trail
On the ground
Structures & features
57.4650° N · 18.1520° E · 35 m · 3 mapped features
Bow Boulder 2 m North
standing stone2 m bow glacial erratic at north prow of 28 m ship
57.4653° N · 18.1522° ECentral Sandstone Cist
cistSandstone burial cist interior of ship, unexcavated Gotland Fornsal
57.4650° N · 18.1520° EStern Boulder South
standing stoneSouthern stern boulder 1.5 m closing ship south end
57.4647° N · 18.1518° E