Anundshög & Anundshög Ship Setting
Bronze Age to Viking Age·Mälaren Iron Age·🇸🇪 Västmanland, Sweden
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About Anundshög & Anundshög Ship Setting
Anundshög & Anundshög Ship Setting in Västmanland, Sweden is a Bronze Age to Viking Age megalithic attributed to Mälaren Iron Age culture. Megalithic construction with granite, earth; evidence of ceremonial and funerary use.
Why it mattersRepresentative Mälaren Iron Age site contributing to understanding of megalithic distribution.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Function and sequencing of Anundshög & Anundshög Ship Setting within regional landscape
- 02Chronometric precision and construction organization without modern tools
Theories
- 01Regional ceremonial centre for Mälaren Iron Age communities
- 02Territorial marker and ancestral burial focus
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- Burial mound c.700–1000 CE; ship 53 m; stone rows 110 m
- Period
- Bronze Age to Viking Age
- Culture
- Mälaren Iron Age
- Purpose
- Royal burial landscape with Sweden's largest mound (14 m high)
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
Burial mound c.700–1000 CE; ship 53 m; stone rows 110 m
Initial construction
c. 1557 CE
Rediscovery
On the ground
Structures & features
59.5900° N · 16.6460° E · 30 m · 2 mapped features
Anundshög & Anundshög Ship Setting — Main Feature
structurePrimary structure / enclosure at Anundshög & Anundshög Ship Setting
59.5910° N · 16.6470° EAnundshög & Anundshög Ship Setting — Secondary Feature
annexAssociated annex or burial/outlier
59.5890° N · 16.6450° E