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Lunda sacred grove
Lunda farm near Strängnäs, Södermanland, central Sweden
Sweden
Inactive (archaeological site)
Historical / archaeological
- Location
- Lunda farm near Strängnäs, Södermanland, central Sweden
- Coordinates
- ~59.4°N 17.0°E
- Size
- Hilltop site (not specified)
- Age / Founded
- Iron Age (c. 5th c. AD onward), pre-Christian
- Status
- Inactive (archaeological site)
- Deity & Religion
- Old Norse / pre-Christian Germanic paganism
- Community & Guardians
- Norse (Svear); aristocratic magnate-farm cult
- Vernacular name
- Lundr / Lund
- Record type
- Historical / archaeological
Cultural practices & uses
Sacrifice, ritual offerings (burnt bone, beads, phallic figurines), cult site
Plant species
Grove trees (not specified)
Biome & fauna
Scandinavian Iron Age landscape
Threats & protection
N/A (excavated remains)
Source
Andersson 2004, 'Among trees, bones and stones: the sacred grove at Lunda', Old Norse Religion in Long-Term Perspectives