The site was used as a quarry for construction materials until 1748, when two farmers discovered a tomb, with a north–south orientation, constructed with ten slabs of stone. Still, the quarrying continued and some of the stones disappeared. In 1756 the site was analyzed by antiquarian and archaeologist Nils Wessman (1712-of–1763). Wessman had undertaken extensive trips to Scania in the 1740s and 1750s for archaeological investigations.
