Ales stenar
Saturday, 2. August 2008, 10:14:53
It was a perfect summer evening when we visited Ale's Stones. I have wanted to see this for some time now and was happy to get the chance. Ale's Stones is a stone ship; a megalithic monument from 500 AD located at the southernmost part of Sweden. Speculations have been made about the purpose of Ale's Stones. Some say it's a burial monument and some say it has an astronomical and/or astrological purpose, and that the stones are positioned according to the 365 days of the year and the 24 hours of the day.
I think it's amazing that we have such an open and friendly culture in Sweden and that places like Ale's stones is open for anyone to visit whenever they want, and there are no entry costs, sales people, cheesy souvenirs or anything like that. It's just nature, as it should be. I have not visited Stonehenge in England, but I know there's an admission charge and it's only open for visits at certain times of day.
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By cush, # 2. August 2008, 13:14:35
By lor74cas, # 5. August 2008, 10:20:38
Have you seen the Scottish stones? The ring of brodgar in Orkney? or the scara brae underground village?
Yes I don't like what they have done to stonehenge either, everyone is herded around a path outside of the stones, and you can only get right up close to them if you buy a special 'out of hours' ticket!
(I did that
By kirstycat, # 9. August 2008, 20:27:42
By fred, # 11. August 2008, 10:56:10