Anundshög
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Anundshög (also known Badelunda) with its burial mounds , stone ships , stone circles , and the Runestone heard among the cemeteries of the Viking Age to the largest, most important and is, as far as monuments types, the most varied.
It is located near Västerås in Västmanland in Sweden . The mighty Anundshög (hill), the largest burial mound in Sweden, gave the square its name. He is associated with “Bröt-Anund” from the Ynglinga saga , who is said to have lived in the 6th century. The burial ground was used from the Migration Period to the Viking Age (around 500–1050 AD).
The hills
Large hills with a diameter of more than 30 meters are often called Kungshögen in Sweden ( German "Königshügel" - Sättuna Kungshög ; Kungshögen Högsäter and Nysäter; Kungshögen (Höllviken) and Kungshögarna von Malmö-Oxie ). They are mainly found around the Mälaren , some examples can also be found in other landscapes. The large mounds often date from the younger Iron Age . Some of the largest are: Grönehög in Bohuslän , Högom in Medelpad , Inglinge Hög in Småland , Ledbergs kulle in Östergötland , Ottarshögen in Uppland , Skalunda Hög in Västergötland , Ströbo Hög in Västmanland and the three hills in Alt-Uppsala in Uppland.
The Anundshög has a diameter of 64–68 m and is about 9.0 m high. Next to him, the other 10 burial mounds appear modest, although some are of considerable size. Many have the typical crater of the Viking hills in the top. The hill is said to contain the tomb of the legendary King Bröt-Anund , but this attribution and the name of the hill are probably due to the mention of the name Anund on a rune stone from the 11th century at the foot of the hill. As Bröt-Anund grave is also a barrow east of Vinslöv in Skåne referred.
The ship settlements
Two large ship settlements, 54 and 51 meters in length, lie in the keel line facing the Anundshög. They each consist of around two dozen erratic boulders, some of them larger than a man . The associated grave lies under the relatively small mast stone in the middle of the ship. The length-width ratio of the ships corresponds to the proportions that could be determined for the original ships of the Vikings. In addition to the two large ones, there are also three smaller, damaged ship settlements.
Stone setting
A straight row of 14 set menhirs or building stones , with a rune stone in the center, stands out under the stone setting . The row is the remnant of an imposing street monument from the Viking Age, a so-called "rune stone bridge", which is still preserved today. The Anundshög area served as a thing place until the 13th century .
The runestone
The rune stone from the 1st half of the 11th century bears the inscription:
- fulkuiþr * raisti * staina * þasi * ala * at * sun ** sin * hiþin * bruþur * anuta R * uraiþr hik * runa R
“Folkvid erected all these stones in memory of his son Heden, brother Anunds. Vred struck the runes ”.
Nearby, by the village of Tibble , is one of Sweden's prehistoric Troy castles .
See also
Web links
- Anundshögen on the pages of the Riksantikvarieämbetet
- Werbeka - page with more pictures (Swedish)
- Vs 13 - Anundshög
- The runestone
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gräberfeld Anundshög (Swedish), Riksantikvarieämbetet, accessed on August 1, 2013
- ↑ The rune stone of Anundshögen ( memento of the original from September 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the pages of the Riksantikvarieämbetet
Coordinates: 59 ° 37 ′ 50 ″ N , 16 ° 38 ′ 41 ″ E