It finally stopped raining, and we had a chance, Saturday afternoon, to go and look at Ales Stenar, the largest of the Swedish ship-shaped standing stone circles. There are dozens of them, mostly in southern Sweden. Ales Stenar is in the 4,000-6,000 year-old range. Some argue it is merely a ship-cult site; some argue for a solar orientation/observatory. It is impressive in any case. Only one stone is missing, possibly, and its absence may simply have marked an entrance.
Ales Stenar stands on a beautiful grassy bluff above the tiny fishing hamlet of Kaseberga, overlooking the Baltic. It is late spring, and already the place is crowded. Walking around, I quickly figured out that as many are here for the fish market as for the megalithic site. I am savoring both!
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| Strengthening of Kronborg's fortifications continues |
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| The tower, from the courtyard |
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| More castle |
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| The Hamlet plaque |
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The Shakespeare section of the gift shop;
Unemployed Philosophers Guild very well
represented |
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Battlement cannons; it was the Prince Consort's
71st birthday, so there was a 21 gun salute at mid-day |
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| Being disgorged from the Hamlet |
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