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Burial cairn, Østerlarsker

Late Iron Age – Viking AgeØsterlarsker, Bornholm, DK
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Burial cairn in Østerlarsker parish, Bornholm Municipality, recorded in Fund og Fortidsminder, Denmark's national register, as locality 060405-114 (system no. 123466). Monuments dated 375–1066: 1 × Burial cairn, 1 × Chamber grave, 1 × Inhumation grave, 1 × Cremation patch. Protection text (Danish): Røse. 0,5 x 8 m. Heri et frilagt kammer, 1 x 2 m stort (indvendigt mål), bygget af kantstillede, store sten med en flad side vendt indad. Kammeret er udgravet. Ved røsefoden i Ø og S ses en regelmæssig række af kantstillede granitsten.
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Burial cairn

A grave marked by a heap of stones rather than earth, common on rocky coasts and headlands where soil is thin.

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