Ale’s Stones

Ale's Stones is a megalithic monument in in southern . It is a stone ship, oval in outline, with the stones at each end markedly larger than the rest.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: stone ship in Ystad, Sweden
  • Also known as: “Ales stenar”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Ale’s Stones

Latitude
55.38266° or 55° 22′ 58″ north
Longitude
14.05439° or 14° 3′ 16″ east
Open location code
9F7P93M3+3Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 26095864
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q686510
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Ale’s Stones” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ألس ستون”
  • Basque: “Ales harriak”
  • Catalan: “pedres d’Ale”
  • Catalan: “Pedres d’Ale”
  • Czech: “Ales stenar”
  • Danish: “Ales sten”
  • Dutch: “Ales stenar”
  • Esperanto: “Ales stenar”
  • Finnish: “Alen kivet”
  • French: “mégalithes de Ale”
  • French: “Mégalithes de Ale”
  • German: “Ales stenar”
  • Greek: “Πέτρες του Άλε”
  • Italian: “Ales Stenar”
  • Italian: “Pietre di Åle”
  • Luxembourgish: “Ales stenar”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ales stener”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ales stenar”
  • Norwegian: “Ales stener”
  • Polish: “Ales stenar”
  • Portuguese: “Pedras de Ale”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Aleovo kamenje”
  • Spanish: “Piedras de Ale”
  • Swedish: “Ale stenar”
  • Swedish: “Ales stenar”
  • Western Frisian: “Ales stenar”

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