The Åby gravefield

2020-01-03 In Ancient burial ground Cult Identity Gävleborg Sweden

Description

Gravefield with ten mounds and five stone settings

Narrative

A holy burial ground for the Iron Age inhabitants. The mounds are sometimes 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.

Location

Koordinātas: 60.64518, 17.04077

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