Stenseby | |
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Settlement | |
![]() Bodilsker Station, Stenseby, Bornholm | |
Location on Bornholm | |
Coordinates: 55°02′35″N 15°03′37″E / 55.04306°N 15.06028°E | |
Country | Denmark |
Region | Capital (Hovedstaden) |
Municipality | Bornholm |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Stenseby is a small settlement near St Bodil's Church in the southeast of the Danish island of Bornholm. For a time, an active community grew up around Bodilsker Station on the Rønne–Nexø railway which operated from 1900 to 1968. The area is also known for its passage grave discovered in the 1880s.[1]
Archeological finds
[edit]J. A. Jørgensen, a schoolteacher from Ibsker, was Bornholm's most active archeologist in the late 19th century. In 1882, he investigated the Stenseby passage grave from the Neolithic where he discovered a few hundred amber beads, several flint tools, including a 5-inch knife, a sandstone axe and a decorated pot. Not far from Stenseby, he investigated another site, Bønnestenen. Further finds were made in the 1920s including a Bronze Age pot.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bønnestenene - Stenseby", På 357 ture i Bornholms natur. (in Danish) Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ^ "Stenseby og Bønnestenen", Kultur Styrelsen. (in Danish) Retrieved 8 November 2012.