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:

Iron Age, Pre-Roman Iron Age, Migration Period, Vendel Era, Viking Age, Middle Ages

Map:

Principal organisation:

Uppsala University

Accessibility status:

Access to data through SND
Data are freely accessible

Download data:

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

Responsible department/unit:

Uppsala University

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

Subject area:

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

Keywords:

Iron Age, Pre-Roman Iron Age, Migration Period, Vendel Era, Viking Age, Middle Ages

Available documentation:

p589003 UV Öst 1995_22 .pdf

Rapport ArkeoGIS Ostlänken.pdf

Download metadata:

Version 1.0:

2017-01-10 doi:10.5878/002848

Download data:

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

An Iron Age settlement at Högby.

Suggested citation:

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

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