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<< Our Photo Pages >> Ströböhög - Artificial Mound in Sweden in Västmanland

Submitted by DrewParsons on Thursday, 29 September 2011  Page Views: 3480

Multi-periodSite Name: Ströböhög Alternative Name: Köping 56:1
Country: Sweden Landskap: Västmanland Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Köping
Latitude: 59.522080N  Longitude: 15.965010E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Ströböhög
Ströböhög submitted by DrewParsons : The mound in September 2011 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Artificial Mound in Västmanland

Ströböhög is a mound dating from between 400 AD to 1050 AD some 40 metres in diameter and 11 metres high located on the northern outskirts of the town of Köping. The site is just north of the exit from the E18 freeway onto highway 250 which runs north from Köping. The site sign relates two legends concerning the mound. The first is that a giant carrying a bag of gravel stopped to survey the lake and a hole in his gravel bag allowed stones to fall out and form the mound. The second is that a cottage with a light burning occasionally lies inside the mound, the key to the cottage being held at Nyckelberget mountain. Reference: Riksantikvarieämbetet Fornsök 56:1
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Ströböhög
Ströböhög submitted by DrewParsons : The 40 meter diameter mound which is 11 metres high. September 2011. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ströböhög
Ströböhög submitted by DrewParsons : The site sign in Swedish. September 2011. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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