Vallhagar
Vallhagar is a ten hectare prehistoric village on the pastureland between Övre and Nedre Fröjel in the parish of Fröjel on the Swedish island of Gotland . It consists of 24 foundations of five or six courtyards with the associated land enclosures (vastar) and is the largest house foundation complex on the island. In the midst of the foundations is a Roese , which is dated to the 2nd century. Chr.. The house foundations near the burial ground and two fields were examined by Märten Stenberger between 1946 and 1950.
Graves under flat stone mounds from the Roman imperial era, framed with double stone rings and an outer stone wreath, all made of handy stone formats, are located in the southern burial ground. They resemble the spoke- less wheel graves of Vallstena. Some of the finds are exhibited in Gotland's Historical Museum.
The finds inside the houses mainly consist of ceramics and everyday objects from the Roman Iron Age and the Migration Period (200–600 AD). After that, the village appears to have been abandoned under unexplained circumstances. Apparently the graves in the southern burial ground belong to the Bronze Age , although they are touched by the enclosures of the village. The finds on the other two burial grounds also do not coincide with the finds that belong to the time of the houses.
One of the houses in Vallhagar owned by Gotlands Fornvänner has not been covered again. The wall foundations and other details inside the house are exposed and can be viewed.
See also
literature
- Märten Stenberger, Ole Klindt-Jensen: Vallhagar. A migration period settlement on Gotland, Sweden . Copenhagen / Stockholm 1955.
Web links
- Vallhagar - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
- Vallhagar järnåldersby (Swedish)
Coordinates: 57 ° 20 '18.4 " N , 18 ° 13' 54.4" E