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Iron age Gotland

Many traces witness of an active Iron age period on Gotland. Prehistoric fortifications, burial grounds and settlement foundations.
 
The most well preserved fortress is called Torsburgen in the south of Gotland, comprising an area of 1.15 square kilometers. However it can be difficult to locate as it was built in in its natural environment.
 
Ore was imported from the mainland of Sweden and refined to iron on Gotland. During the later period of the Iron age the commerce probably increased. Gotland became one of the most important transit harbours of the Baltic Sea. Archaeologists have found many coins from Persia, Germany and Great Britain. Their existence tells us important facts about contemporary Gotland.

History of Gotland

About Gotland 
Chronicle 430 milj BC - 2005
Regents
Stone age
Bronze age
Iron age
Treasures and Vikings
Early medieval
The Hanseatic League
Medieval churches
Later medieval
After the reformation
Industrialism
a new era
After World War II

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