Location
State: Sweden
Region: Gavle
County: Gävleborg
Parish: Jättendal
Other references to the location
25 meters west of the E4 in Jättendal, south of the crossing of E4 and road 307
Coordinates
lat=61.974116760913, lon=17.23998203508
61° 58′ 26″ N, 17° 14′ 23″ E
Description
Iron Age gravefield with 29 graves: 6 mounds and 23 round stone settings.
Narrative
A holy burial ground for the iron Age inhabitants. The mounds are suggested to represent a farming group of inhabitants. The stone settings are assumed to represent people that mainly occupied themselves with hunting and fishing.
Attraction
Ancient gravfield in an old rural landscape
Availability
Just beside the E4 on the west side
Infrastructure, management, facilities
No infrastructure on the site
Local info
County museum sign
Capacity
10 – 40
Publicity
Known
Legal Status
Legal Entities
Comments
Do NOT park on the E4! Forbidden and extremely dangerous!
