Spir_Mountain_Cairns

Spir Mountain Cairns

Spir Mountain Cairns

Bronze age cairns in Sweden

The Spir Mountain Cairns (Swedish: Spirbergsrösena) are two well preserved Bronze Age cairns in Ångermanland, Norrland, Sweden, built as graves and burial monuments, with burial cists interred.[1] The ancient site is located at the top of the mountain Spirberget by Lake Mosjön in the Grundsunda parish, north of Örnsköldsvik at the High Coast in Ångermanland.[2][3] The name Spirbergsrösena (English: The Spir Mountain Cairns) was introduced by archaeologist Carl L. Thunberg as a formal name concept for the site in 2014 before a public lecture on behalf of the Swedish National Heritage Board, in connection with that year's Swedish national "Archaeology Day".[4]

The larger of the Spir Mountain Cairns during inventory 2013 by archaeologist Carl L. Thunberg.

References

  1. [1]
    FMIS (The Swedish National Heritage Board's archaeological register). Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  2. [2]
    FMIS (The Swedish National Heritage Board's archaeological register). Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  3. [3]
    Thunberg, Carl L. 2015. Forgotten monuments of Northern Sweden. In: Past Horizons, 2015, 22/3.
  4. [4]
    Public lecture by Carl L. Thunberg, on the Archaeology Day of the Swedish National Heritage Board, 31 August 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
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