page_title: Gnisvärd
section_title: Stone ships
hierarchical_section_title: Gnisvärd / Stone ships
caption_attribution_description: English: Stone ship in Gnisvärd, Gotland, Sweden Deutsch: Schiffsetzung in Gnisvärd auf Gotland (Schweden) Svenska: Skeppssättning i Gnisvärds (Tofta socken) på Gotland
context_page_description: Gnisvärd, is a fishing village in Tofta on the central west coast of the island of Gotland, Sweden. Gnisvärd is mostly known for its stone ships and harbor.
context_section_description: The stone ships in Gnisvärd (the Gnisvärds skeppssättningar) date to the later Bronze Age and are some of the best preserved stone ships on the island. Located just south of the north road to the fishing village, one of them is the largest on Gotland, measuring 45 m (148 ft) in length and 7 m (23 ft) in breadth. Consisting of about 100 closely packed, erected stones, the bow and stern stones are the largest at approximately 1.3 m (4.3 ft). The stone ship is located between two smaller, round stone circles.
  About 100 m (330 ft) south of the largest stone ship lies another, 36 m (118 ft) and 4 m (13 ft) wide, surrounded by two small stone circles, a stone tumulus 16 m (52 ft) in diameter and a smaller, slightly damaged stone ship. Approximately 200 m (660 ft) east of the first stone ship is a burial site consisting of one tumulus and eight round stone circles. There is also a large stone tumulus, 23 m (75 ft) in diameter and 2.7 m (8.9 ft) high, halfway between the stone ships and the fishing village.
  North of the stone ships is the only megalithic tomb on Gotland dating to 3600–2900 BC. Excavations at the site have revealed the remains of several people from different time periods up until 85 AD, making it a collective grave that has been reused several times. The largest of the stone ships is positioned with its "prow" facing the tomb. Since the stone ship was constructed after the tomb, it has been suggested that this could have been done to "moor" the ship to an older and revered place.
caption: The largest of the stone ships in Gnisvärd
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