Previous archaeological investigations along the 'Ostlänken' Railway Corridor 1965-2012: Överjärna 53:1 and Överjärna 200

SND-ID: SND 2456

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Swedish National Heritage Board

Description

Not available.

Purpose:

Due to planned development related to the E4 motorway between Vagnhärad and Järna interchange, a grave site, registered as monument 53 in Överjärna parish, was investigated archaeologically. According to the antiquities register, the grave site was about 90m x 20m and contained five ancient remains, consisting of 2 mounds and three round stone circles. A stone wall system composed of six stone walls was removed in 1980 in connection with the grave site Överjärna 53:1

Language

Swedish

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

Uppsala University

Protection and ethical review

Data contains personal data

No

Method and time period

Time period(s) investigated

Late bronze age – Late iron age

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Södertälje Municipality, Överjärna Parish

Geographic description: On a non-arable outcrop on a steep south and the east slope next to a mountain side.

Lowest geographic unit

Parish

Highest geographic unit

Parish

Topic and keywords
Publications

Type of archaeological investigation

Archaeological excavation

Dataset
Överjärna 53:1

Version 1.0

2017-03-30
https://doi.org/10.5878/002877

Metadata added

Citation

Swedish National Heritage Board. Uppsala University (2017). Överjärna 53:1. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/002877

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Data format / data structure

Geospatial

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Swedish National Heritage Board

Time period(s) investigated

Late bronze age – Late iron age

Data collection 1

  • Mode of collection: Field observation
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 1980–1980
  • Data collector: Swedish National Heritage Board

Data collection 2

  • Mode of collection: Compilation/Synthesis
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2014
  • Data collector: Uppsala university, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History

Type of archaeological remains

Agrarian remains , Burial ground

Organisationens dnr för undersökningen

2281/80

ProjektID

180001

p180001

RAÄ-nr

Överjärna 53:1, Överjärna 200

Published: 2016-08-11
Last updated: 2017-04-04