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54 places in the atlas, 8 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Burial field
Vendel to Viking Age (550–1050 CE) · Gotlandic Vendel/Viking
Remote forest burial ground between Anga and east coast, 320 exceptionally preserved Vendel–Viking graves (cairns, stone settings, ships, cists) on narrow ridge. Excavated limited, undisturbed.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Rock art
Viking Age (c.700–800 CE) · Gotlandic Viking
Cemetery at Stora Hammars farm near Lärbro with four of Gotland's most famous picture stones (Bunge Museum originals, copies in situ) — 3 m high slabs with detailed ship, warrior, Valhalla and…
🇸🇪 Sweden · Fortress
Iron Age–Medieval (900–1361 CE) · Gotlandic Iron Age / Medieval
Reconstructed water fortress hall at Lojsta Slott on a small lake islet (Lojsta) in central Gotland, with causeway, timber hall 40 m and later stone tower.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Tumulus
Vendel Period (c.550–600 CE) · Vendel Period Scandinavia
Monumental Vendel Period tumulus at Vendel parish (Tierp) — 37 m diameter, 8 m high, excavated 1914 (Stolpe monument) with cremation of King Ottar Vendelcrowk (Ohthere) noted in Ynglingatal and…
🇸🇪 Sweden · Burial field
Pre-Roman Iron Age to Viking (500 BCE–1000 CE) · South Scandinavian Iron Age
Badelunda grave field at Tuna, 90 visible monuments (mounds, stone circles, ship settings) along 500 m esker ridge, excavated by Hellman.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Megalith
Bronze Age to Viking Age · Mälaren Iron Age
Anundshög & Anundshög Ship Setting in Västmanland, Sweden is a Bronze Age to Viking Age megalithic attributed to Mälaren Iron Age culture.
