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Skalunda is a village in Västergötland , Sweden . Skalunda was one of the eight royal estates of early medieval Västergötland (cf. Uppsala öd ). Moreoever, the names of two homesteads, ''Lagmansgården'' and ''Lagmanstorp'', in the neighbourhood show that the Geat ish Lawspeaker s used to reside at Skalunda. At the church, there are two Runestone s and to the west of the church there is a Barrow which is the largest one in Västergötland. It measures 65 metres across and it is 7 metres high. Next to the barrow there is a Stone Circle . The barrow is so large that it compares to the large barrows in Uppland , which shows that Skalunda was important location during the Iron Age. Birger Nerman , a Swedish archaeology professor and director of the Swedish Museum Of National Antiquities , considered the barrow of Skalunda to be the most likely burial site of the hero Beowulf , a legendary Geatish King . Skalunda is not far from a place called Årnäs, which is the same name as Earnaness where the hero died in the epic '' Beowulf '', and it is located on a major promontory and near a minor one. The barrow has not yet been excavated. REFERENCES
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