Hasse78
October 15th, 2009, 12:27 PM
Not sure this one qualifies for this ancient poll sub-forum. The original fort was built about 1600 years ago, but what we see today was much rebuilt about 30 years ago. All with the same tecnology like they had back then at the iron age.
From Wikipedia:
Eketorp is an Iron Age fort in southeastern Öland, Sweden, which was extensively reconstructed and enlarged in the Middle Ages. Throughout the ages the fortification has served a variety of somewhat differing uses: from defensive ringfort, to medieval safe haven and thence a cavalry garrison[1]. In the 20th century it was further reconstructed to become a heavily visited tourist site and a location for re-enactment of medieval battles. Eketorp is the only one of the 19 known prehistoric fortifications on Öland that has been completely excavated, yielding a total of over 24,000 individual artifacts. The entirety of southern Öland has been designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
The indigenous peoples of the Iron Age constructed the original fortification about 400 AD, a period known to have engendered contact between Öland natives with Romans and other Europeans. The ringfort in that era is thought to have been a gathering place for religious ceremonies and also a place of refuge for the local agricultural community when an outside enemy appeared
http://images.citybreak.com/image.aspx?ImageId=290926&width=350&height=350&crop=1
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Eketorps_borg_%28Ra%C3%A4-nr_Gr%C3%A4sg%C3%A5rd_45-1%29_0624.jpg/800px-Eketorps_borg_%28Ra%C3%A4-nr_Gr%C3%A4sg%C3%A5rd_45-1%29_0624.jpg
http://www.bizon.se/langlot/images/eketorp.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/69/198865254_c2747cae0a.jpg?v=0
http://www.ofhs.ltkalmar.se/oka/forhistoria/bilder/bn_eketorp3.jpg
http://www.ofhs.ltkalmar.se/oka/forhistoria/bilder/bn_eketorp2.jpg
From Wikipedia:
Eketorp is an Iron Age fort in southeastern Öland, Sweden, which was extensively reconstructed and enlarged in the Middle Ages. Throughout the ages the fortification has served a variety of somewhat differing uses: from defensive ringfort, to medieval safe haven and thence a cavalry garrison[1]. In the 20th century it was further reconstructed to become a heavily visited tourist site and a location for re-enactment of medieval battles. Eketorp is the only one of the 19 known prehistoric fortifications on Öland that has been completely excavated, yielding a total of over 24,000 individual artifacts. The entirety of southern Öland has been designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
The indigenous peoples of the Iron Age constructed the original fortification about 400 AD, a period known to have engendered contact between Öland natives with Romans and other Europeans. The ringfort in that era is thought to have been a gathering place for religious ceremonies and also a place of refuge for the local agricultural community when an outside enemy appeared
http://images.citybreak.com/image.aspx?ImageId=290926&width=350&height=350&crop=1
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Eketorps_borg_%28Ra%C3%A4-nr_Gr%C3%A4sg%C3%A5rd_45-1%29_0624.jpg/800px-Eketorps_borg_%28Ra%C3%A4-nr_Gr%C3%A4sg%C3%A5rd_45-1%29_0624.jpg
http://www.bizon.se/langlot/images/eketorp.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/69/198865254_c2747cae0a.jpg?v=0
http://www.ofhs.ltkalmar.se/oka/forhistoria/bilder/bn_eketorp3.jpg
http://www.ofhs.ltkalmar.se/oka/forhistoria/bilder/bn_eketorp2.jpg