Previous Archaeological Excavations along the 'Ostlänken' Railway Corridor 1965-2012: An Iron Age settlementat Högby old plot.

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Swedish National Heritage Board, UV Öst

Description

During summer and autumn 1989, UV Öst investigated an area with settlement remains in the area of Högby tomt.

The remains of five houses, an enclosure, a pit system and several hearths could be distinguished. The ages of the features range from Roman Iron Age to the Viking period.

Subject area

HISTORY (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Archaeology (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

pre-roman iron age, migration period, vendel era, middle ages, viking age, iron age

Map

Principal organisation

Uppsala University

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SND2466-001-V1.0.zip (290.4 MB)

Responsible department/unit

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Swedish National Heritage Board, UV Öst

Identifiers

SND-ID: SND 2466

Description

During summer and autumn 1989, UV Öst investigated an area with settlement remains in the area of Högby tomt.

The remains of five houses, an enclosure, a pit system and several hearths could be distinguished. The ages of the features range from Roman Iron Age to the Viking period.

Language

English

Swedish

Time period(s) investigated

Early iron age — Middle ages

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Norrköping Municipality, Borg Parish

Geographic description: Högby

Lowest geographic unit

Parish

Highest geographic unit

Parish

Data contains personal data

No

Subject area

HISTORY (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Archaeology (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

pre-roman iron age, migration period, vendel era, middle ages, viking age, iron age

Associated documentation

p589003 UV Öst 1995_22 .pdf

Rapport ArkeoGIS Ostlänken.pdf

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Version 1.0

2017-01-10
https://doi.org/10.5878/002848

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SND2466-001-V1.0.zip (290.4 MB)

An Iron Age settlement at Högby.

Citation

Swedish National Heritage Board, UV Öst. Uppsala University (2017). <em>An Iron Age settlement at Högby.</em> Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5878/002848">https://doi.org/10.5878/002848</a>

Länsstyrelsens dnr för projektet

220-3042/89

Organisationens dnr för undersökningen

4251/89

RAÄ-nr

RAÄ 186

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Swedish National Heritage Board, UV Öst

Description

The ZIP-file contains four shapefiles with information on trenches, ancient monuments, archaeological finds and other data from the archaeological survey, as well as four maps of the investigation area.

Data format / data structure

Still image

Geospatial

Type of archaeological remains

Buildings , Building remains , Pit , House , Fence

Data collection

Mode of collection: Field observation

Time period(s) for data collection: 1989 — 1989

Mode of collection: Compilation/Synthesis

Time period(s) for data collection: 2014 — 2014

Data collector: Uppsala university, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History

Time period(s) investigated

Early iron age — Middle ages

Published: 2017-01-10
Last updated: 2020-01-23