#eketorp

Eketorp the iron age fort (3 building phases: 300-1240AD)

[ad_1] video-1 [ad_2] Eketorp is an Iron Age fort in southeastern Öland, Sweden, which was extensively reconstructed and enlarged in the Middle Ages. The fort has 3 building phases: 300-400AD and 400-650AD and 1170-1240AD. Throughout the ages the fortification has served a variety of somewhat differing uses: from defensive ringfort,…

Next Meeting – 25th August 2015

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 25th August, at the Horse and Jockey pub in Stanford-in-the-Vale. As usual, we will be playing shorter games from 7.30pm as people arrive, until 8pm when we will start something a little longer. The “Feature Game” will be Eketorp, where players build Viking strongholds upon the Swedish island of Öland.  The winner will be the player who does Viking-type things…

~Eketorp Fort~

Eketorp fort was constructed three times:

Eketorp I -  build for only special occasions, such as sacrifices and as a refuge during periods of conflicts. Few artifacts found.

Eketorp II-  rebuild as permanent hamlet of population of farms, they were neither rich, nor poor. Weapons, tools, jewelry and bones were found.

Eketorp III - again occupied around AD 1170, as a military defense for the formation of the Kingdom of Sweden. Inside, six forges were found, to produce weapons and boats rivets. All kinds of weapons were found: spears, swords, shields, arrows and caltrops (spiked traps to impede horses).

During the time of Eketorp III, many other Iron Age forts were rebuilt to serve as stronghold of troops when two powerful families were fighting over the Kingdom of Sweden. These sites tell us about this emergence of a powerful elite in the society of this time.

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