Stone circle (Iron Age)
A Domarring (German judge's ring ) is a stone circle. Mårten Stenberger (1898-1973) figured this species Fund to the ship settling.
They come numerous in many southern Swedish provinces and especially prevalent in Västergötland. Most are found in the regions Jönköping County and Skaraborg County. Slightly more than 50 are occupied (graveyard of Istrehågan, Stoplesteinan, twelve stone ring of Moelv ) in Norway.
They usually consist of five, seven, nine, or twelve medium large field stones or boulders, which are arranged in a circle with larger spaces and lying together individually or in smaller groups. The largest ring is on the burial ground of Blomsholm. He has 33 m in diameter and consists of 10 stones. There are circles with more than 30 stones ( Nedre Ätradalen ). The circle of Timmersjö is the largest in Halland, he has 15 stones. In the north- west of the island Tjörn is Pilane, one of the largest grave fields in Sweden with more than 100 hills, stone circles and judges rings from the middle Iron Age. On the Vette Mountain is the largest stone circle. When Runestone in Blekinge Björketorp find a single judge's ring.