Falköping
Svenska: Falköping är en stad i Västergötland, Västra Götalands län, Sverige. Staden är unik med sina många megalitgravar från bondestenåldern.
English: Falköping is a town in the province of Västergötland, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. The town is unique by its many megalithic graves from the Neolithic.
Maps and views
- Map of the town in 1696.
- Map of the town in 1902.
- Modern map of the town.
- Idealised view over Falköping in the 17th century.
- View over Falköping seen from the Mösseberg viewing tower.
Falbygdens museum
The Falbygdens museum is a museum in Falköping.
- The main building of the museum.
- A Mesolithic dog skeleton from Almeö at the lake Hornborgasjön shown in the permanent exhibition.
- The skull of the so-called Raspberry girl - A Neolithic skeleton that was found in 1943 in a peatbog in Luttra parish south of Falköping.
- Detail of a copy of Ållebergskragen (i.e. "The golden collar of Ålleberg") from the Migration period.
Archaeological monuments in Falköping
- The Middle Neolithic passage grave Kyrkerör.
- The Middle Neolithic passage grave Hjälmarsrör.
- The Middle Neolithic passage grave Gläshall.
- The Late Neolithic gallery grave at Nästegården.
- The cup marks on the stone Ballersten.
- The burial mound Trinnöja.
- The burial mound Stora Tingshögen.