page_title: Stone ship
hierarchical_section_title: Stone ship
caption_attribution_description: English: Two of the viking stone ships (burial grounds) at Badelunda, near Västerås, Sweden.
context_page_description: The stone ship or ship setting was an early burial custom in Scandinavia, Northern Germany and the Baltic states. The grave or cremation burial was surrounded by slabs or stones in the shape of a boat or ship. The ships vary in size and were erected from c. 1000 BC to 1000 AD.
context_section_description: The stone ship or ship setting was an early burial custom in Scandinavia, Northern Germany and the Baltic states. The grave or cremation burial was surrounded by slabs or stones in the shape of a boat or ship. The ships vary in size and were erected from c. 1000 BC to 1000 AD.
caption: The two greatest stone ships at Anund's barrow in Sweden.
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