Jättakullen

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Svenska: Jättakullens hällkista i Södra Härene socken i Vårgårda kommun är Sveriges största hällkista med måtten 14m x 4m. Den uppfördes under slutet av stenåldern, för cirka 4 000 år sedan. I övre Nossans dalgång finns en mindre koncentration med hällkistor, cirka ½-1 km bort hittas tvenne vid Lundskullen.
English: Jättakullen in Södra Härene parish is a 4 000 year old stone cist. It is the largest of its kind in Sweden - 14 metres long and four metres wide. Stone cists are tombs constructed by farmers who, during the late Stone Age, broke new ground for themselves and their animals. The dead of the community, possibly several generations of them, were interred in these stone cist. ½-1 km from Jättakullen - on Lundskullen - the visitor will find two antother stone cists.