Location
State: Sweden
Region: Gavle
County: Gävleborg
Town: Gävle
Other references to the location
On the hill above the roundabout at the connection between
Coordinates
lat=60.650258459887, lon=17.183141141085
60° 39′ 0″ N, 17° 10′ 59″ E
Description
Iron Age gravefield with 30 mounds and 50 stone settings. One of the vastest in Gävleborg.
Narrative
A holy burial ground for the Iron Age inhabitants. The mounds are suggested to represent a farming group of inhabitants. The stone settings are assumed to represent people that mainly occupied themselves with fishing and hunting. The iron cult has left traces all over the site in form of iron slag.
Attraction
Imposing site. Old farming area with roots in the early Iron Age.
Availability
Near larger road (the old E4)
Infrastructure, management, facilities
No infrastructure on the site
Local info
Detailed Count Museum signs
Capacity
10 – 40
Publicity
Known
Legal Status
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