• Source: Stenkyrka

Stenkyrka is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland. It comprises the same area as the administrative Stenkyrka District, established on 1 January 2016.




Geography


Stenkyrka in the northwest part of the island. The medieval Stenkyrka Church is situated in Stenkyrka. Near the church is a minor settlement with a few houses. The fishing village Lickershamn, noted for the stack Jungfrun is situated in Stenkyrka.
As of 2019, Stenkyrka Church belongs to Stenkyrka parish in Norra Gotlands pastorat, along with the churches in Martebo, Tingstäde and
Lummelunda.
One of the asteroids in the Asteroid belt, 10125 Stenkyrka, is named after this place.




History


This settlement is where the Stenkyrka spearhead was found. It is incised with the oldest known runic inscription known in Sweden.




= Little Bjärs Grave Field

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A bit east of the church in Stenkyrka is one of the largest grave fields on Gotland, the Little Bjärs Grave Field (Lilla Bjärs gravfält). Along one of the oldest roads in this part of the island, now not more than a trail, are more than 1,000 visible graves from the Stone Age and the Bronze Age. Most of the graves are cairns and circular tumuli. Bases for picture stones have been found in the field. They have remained after the picture stones have been moved and incorporated in the walls of the Stenkyrka Church. Some of these have later been moved to Gotland Museum.
The grave field is about 700 m × 500 m (2,300 ft × 1,600 ft) in a general northeast–southwest direction. It contains about 750 identifiable graves above ground, but it is difficult to ascertain the borders between the mounds. A number of the mounds have depressions in the middle, about ten have visible remains of cists made of limestone slabs, about 30 graves have grave orbs. Among the graves is also a stone ship. A large number of the graves have been damaged by modern constructions and farming. The modern road bisects the area in an angle to the old road that the field have been established around.




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References






Further reading


Henriksson Åke, Engström Eric, ed. (2006). Stenkyrka förr och nu: om livet i Stenkyrka socken på Gotland. Stenkyrka: Stenkyrka hembygdsförening. ISBN 91-976345-0-6. SELIBR 10202199.
Stenkyrka kyrka. Tingstäde: Stenkyrka församlings kyrkoråd. 1990. SELIBR 10019571.
Ottosson, Ingrid; Weber, Eva (2004). Vale gård i Stenkyrka socken på Norra Gotland. Visby: Book-on-demand. ISBN 91-631-5046-8. SELIBR 10306654.
Hall, Ola (1993). Lickershamn, Stenkyrka socken: hamn redan på 700-talet, påvisad genom fosfatkartering. Stockholm: Stockholms Universitet. SELIBR 10427724.
Kjellén, Ulf (1990). Likairs hamn – en vikingatida stormanshamn i Stenkyrka sn, Gotland. Stockholm: Inst. för arkeologi, Stockholms univ. SELIBR 889108.
Åhman, Suzanne (1989). Stenåldersbosättningen i Lickershamnsområdet – en områdesstudie. Stockholm: Inst. för arkeologi, Stockholms univ. SELIBR 814913.




External links



Objects from Stenkyrka at the Digital Museum by Nordic Museum

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• Migration Period spear
• List of minor planets: 10001–11000
• Elder Futhark
• Football at the 2017 Island Games – Men's tournament
• Meanings of minor-planet names: 10001–11000
• Geir
• Rood
• Tjörn Municipality