Settling of the ships at Gumpekulla
The outgoing ship settlement from Gumpekulla , not far from the Stångebro (bridge) near Linköping in Östergötland in Sweden was discovered through the foundation pits of 46 stones, which were part of an approximately 50 meters long and eleven meters wide ship settlement ( Swedish skeppssättning ) that was built during the Viking Age between 890 and 1030 AD.
The village of Gumpekulla, which was continuously inhabited in the Middle Ages, is located on a hill between the bridge and the road. The north-south oriented ship lay along the river Stångån . A number of finds from the Viking Age were made in the area in the 19th century, including buckles, a key, and a sword button. Probably the location of the ljunga ting and a trading post contributed to the importance of the place in the Viking Age, but there is as yet no evidence as to where it might have been.
Stångån is the historical border between southern Östergötland's halves “Västanstång” and “Östanstång”. An important trade route ran here and it was here that the Battle of Stångebro (Slaget vid Stångebro) took place in 1598 .
literature
- Mårten Stenberger : Nordic prehistory. Volume 4: Prehistory of Sweden. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1977, ISBN 3-529-01805-8 .
Web links
- Ship placement of Gumpekulla - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
- Description (Swedish)
Coordinates: 58 ° 25 ′ 11.3 " N , 15 ° 38 ′ 7.3" E