Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Swedish National Heritage Board
Description
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
Data contains personal data
No
Time period(s) investigated
Late bronze age – Late iron age
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
Research area
HISTORY
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Archaeology
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Keywords
vendel era, viking age, early iron age, late iron age, late bronze age
Type of archaeological investigation
Archaeological excavation
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Data format / data structure
Geospatial
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Swedish National Heritage Board
Keywords
Time period(s) investigated
Late bronze age – Late iron age
Type of archaeological remains
Organisationens dnr för undersökningen
2281/80
ProjektID
180001
p180001
RAÄ-nr
Överjärna 53:1, Överjärna 200