The most interesting of the graveyards which I have seen is that of Hjortehammar, situated in the province of Blekinge on a narrow promontory lost in the maze of islands which dot the coast of Sweden on this part of the Baltic. It is joined now to an island situated near its further end by a causeway and a small bridge. This is not only remarkable from its position and size, but on account of the numerous forms of graves of various sizes it contains. The length of the cape is about 1,200 feet, and its greatest breadth about 200 feet. The engraving gives an idea of the shape and size of the different graves, some of which are shown in large scale. This cape is but a continuation of a ridge full of graves; heather and juniper cover many of them; and well chosen was this secluded and quiet spot for the last resting-place of their departed kinsmen or friends.[186] [Illustration: Fig. 719.—Hjortehammar burial-ground, with various shaped graves. ] In the _Háleygjatal_, a poem on the genealogy of the famous Hákon jarl, tracing his pedigree to Odin, there is a passage which recalls the burial-place Hjortehammar. Straumeyjar-nes which is Stone-marked Round the Fylkir’s[187] body Is widely known. [Illustration: Fig. 720.—Vedby ridge, Blekinge. The large stones are from 4 to 6 feet high. Length of each side, 40 feet. ] [Illustration: Fig. 721.—Stone-set grave, Blekinge. Length, 38 feet. ] [Illustration: Fig. 722.—Triangular grave. Sides 60 to 65 feet long, with a small elevation in the middle, and a bautastone nearly 5 feet high and 2 feet 6 inches broad. Lyngstad, Södermanland. ] Among the most remarkable and not uncommon stone-set graves are those of the so-called “_ship-form_” setting; they belong both to the earlier and later iron age. This peculiar form of grave is found on the peninsula of Scandinavia and on the islands of Gotland, Öland, and other islands of the Baltic, in Courland and Livonia, and was also erected in England and Scotland by the people of the North. [Illustration: Fig. 723.—Blekinge. Diameter, 30 feet. ] [Illustration: Fig. 724.—Listerby ridge, Blekinge. Diameter, 18 feet. Stone-set graves. ] [Illustration: Fig. 725.—Graveyard with mounds and stone-set graves at Åsby, Södermanland. ] One of the most interesting is that where the rowers’ seats are marked, and even a stone placed in the position of the mast. The longest ship-form grave which I think is known is one near Kåsberga, a fishing village in the southern part of Sweden, with a length of 212 feet and a width of 60 feet. It is made by thirty-eight stones, the two forming the prow being 12 and 18 feet in height above the ground—the latter being the northern one. [Illustration: Fig. 726.—Ship-form grave, Karums parish, Öland. ]