Trindborgen (Öland)
The Trindborgen (also called Löts borg ) is one of 16 mostly ruined castles ( Swedish fornborgar ) on the Swedish island of Öland . It is 500 meters east of the church of Löt, northwest of Valsnäs in eastern Öland. The heavily disturbed oval curtain wall was originally about six meters wide and is covered with rubble made of gray limestone . The internal dimensions are 139 by 155 meters. The castle has gates to the west and southeast.
The interior of the castle was used for agriculture except for a small part in the southwest, where houses still existed at the beginning of the 19th century. An excavation was carried out in this part from 1989 to 1990. Animal bones were found, but mostly human skeletons and a small bronze knife. Otherwise there are no finds that can be associated with the castle.
See also
literature
- Anders Andrén: A World of Stone. Warrior Culture, Hybridity, and Old-Norse Cosmology. In: Anders Andrén (Ed. Et al.): Old Norse Religion in Long-Term Perspectives. Origins, Changes, and Interactions. Nordic Academic Press, Lund 2006, ISBN 91-89116-81-X , pp. 33-38.
Web links
- Trindborgen (Öland) - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Trindborgen of the same name (Brandalsund) is located near Södertälje.
Coordinates: 56 ° 55 ′ 7.7 ″ N , 16 ° 51 ′ 7.1 ″ E