Treudd of Lyngsta

Treudd von Lyngsta - at O. Montelius

The Treudd von Lyngsta (also Lyngstad; RAÄ-Nr. Sorunda 160: 1) is a three-armed stone setting west of Ösmo in the province of Södermanland in Sweden . Treuddar are three-armed, flat stone mounds with concave sides from the Iron Age .

The Treudd of Lingsta is in the middle of an Iron Age burial ground . Its concave sides have a length of about 24.0 m. This Treudd has an approximately 1.5 m high building stone in the middle. It is shown on page 351 of the book "Sveriges hednatid" (1877) by Oscar Montelius . The lake in the background, on the north side of which is the Treudd, is the Västra Styran .

literature

• Anders Andrén: I skuggan av Yggdrasil: Trädet mellan idé och realitet i nordisk tradition . In: Ordning mot kaos - study av nordisk förkristen kosmologi . 2004, pp. 389-430

Web links

• Treudd von Lyngsta - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)

Coordinates: 58 ° 58 ′ 55.9 ″  N , 17 ° 50 ′ 50.4 ″  E