Satunas
The Sättunahögen burial mound (also called Sättuna Kungshög ), which is a little over four meters high , has a diameter of about 35.0 meters and is located in Sättuna, west of Lake Roxen, about two kilometers east of the church of Kaga , between the ruins of the Vreta and Linköping monasteries in Östergötland in Sweden .
Large hills with a diameter of more than 30 meters are often called Kungshögen in Sweden ( German "Königshügel" - Kungshögen Högsäter and Nysäter; the Kungshögen (Höllviken) and the Kungshögarna of Malmö-Oxie ). They are mainly to be found around the Mälaren . Large mounds often date from the younger Iron Age . Some of the largest are: Anundshög in Västmanland , 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.
In 2007, during an excavation of the neighboring residential area by Martin Rundkvist, a die was found with which guldgubbars were stamped. This is the only one found north of Denmark and Skåne ( Uppåkra ). In this case the motif depicts a woman with long hair turned to the right, presumably the goddess Freya in profile. She seems to be sitting at a table. Rundkvist discovered one of the richest Iron Age settlements in Östergötland, which existed between 400 and 1000 AD. He compared the place where Sättuna lived with Slöinge in Halland . In addition, traces of Mesolithic activity have been found.
literature
- Martin Rundkvist: Östergötland's First Gold Foil Figure die Found at Sättuna in Kaga Parish , in: Fornvännen 102 (2007), pp. 119–122 ( online )
Web links
- Sättunahögen - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
- Description (Swedish) and picture
Coordinates: 58 ° 27 '24.6 " N , 15 ° 34' 10.4" E