Kalmar borg

Around 1,500 years ago, perhaps around 450 CE, unknown raiders stormed the small, prosperous village of Sandby borg on the shore of Öland island, and slaughtered the inhabitants, leaving the bodies where they fell. Now, archaeologists in Sweden have stumbled upon this grisly mystery. 1 kalmar slott monet 2 Headed by Kalmar County Museum and involving researchers from Linnaeus University and Stockholm University, the aim was to use excavation and scientific analysis to create a better understanding of what happened at the site, who the victims were and in what context the Sandby borg massacre should be understood. 3 kalmar slott guidad tur 4 The excavations in the Sandby borg ringfort are led by Kalmar County Museum and have been carried out annually since 2011. The ringfort itself is one of several on Öland, and lies close to the coast, protected by a stone rampart that traced out an oval area about 5,000m². 5 The Sandby borg ringfort The vast majority of artefacts found within the ringfort indicate that Sandby borg was occupied between AD 400 and 550 (Victor, 2015; Alfsdotter et al., 2018). Since 2011, small-scale annual excavations have been carried out by Kalmar County Museum. Three houses have been fully excavated, and six partially. 6 Sandby borg is an Iron Age ringfort, one of at least 15 on the island of Öland, Sweden. [2] It sits about 2 kilometers southeast of Södra Sandby village in Sandby parish in southeastern Öland. It is close to the village of Gårdby. 7 kalmar slott evenemang 8 Under Knut Erikssons tid, byggdes en kastal, ett runt befästningstorn. 9 Monet & Friends Alive. 10 fakta om kalmar slott 12