Location
State: Sweden
Region: Gavle
County: Gävleborg
Parish: Hamrånge
Other references to the location
About 600 meters south of the school in Bergby
Coordinates
lat=60.921419544147, lon=17.043132090762
60° 55′ 17″ N, 17° 2′ 35″ E
Description
Grave field with 3 mounds and 14 stone settings, and an iron production site
Narrative
The mounds were built around the Iron Age house. The forefathers and the mounds were worshipped. They were also in different ways prevented from haunting the living. The funeral was associated with special rituals with eating, drinking and destroying the body and the burial gifts by fire.
Attraction
Rural landscape with its roots in the Iron Age
Availability
Near a village road
Infrastructure, management, facilities
No infrastructure on the site
Local info
No information on the spot
Capacity
10 – 40
Publicity
Known
Legal Status
Legal Entities
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