Ströbo Hög

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Ströbo Hög

The Ströbo Hög (RAÄ number Köping 56: 1) is a burial mound , northwest of Köping . It is located on road 250 towards Kolsva in Västmanland in Sweden , next to the Strö Krongut. Before the E 18 motorway was there, the medieval Eriksgata and the transport route to Bergslagen ran here .

geography

The approximately 10.5 meter high hill is about 40.0 m in diameter. 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 from Malmö-Oxie ). They are mainly found around the Mälaren , some can also be found in other landscapes. The large mounds often date from the younger Iron Age . Some of the largest are: Anundshög in Västmanland , Grönehög in Bohuslän , Högom in Medelpad , Inglinge hög in Småland , Ledbergs kulle in Östergötland , Ottarshögen in Uppland , Skalunda hög in Västergötland and the three hills in Alt-Uppsala in Uppland.

Ströbo Hög
Ströbo Hög

history

During the 19th century, many of the surrounding hills were removed, but the Ströbo Hög was saved by the scientist Richard Dybeck (1811–1877). Valborgsmässoeldar (May fire) were burned down on the heights for 150 years. Ströbo Hög is located in a larger archaeological area along the Köpingsåsen with several smaller burial mounds and burial fields. South of the hill was a burial ground that was investigated in the 1930s. Among the finds were a bronze bucket , flint , glass beads and fragments from the younger Iron Age (500–600 AD), during which the mound was raised.

Legends

According to tradition from 1667, there is an oak hut in the hill, guarded by a dragon, and sometimes the lights are on. Another tells of a giant who went from Dalarna to the Mälaren and carried a sack of gravel and stones. With a hole in the sack, much of it was lost. At Ströbo the giant gave up and the hill was created.

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Coordinates: 59 ° 31 '21 "  N , 15 ° 57' 53.6"  E