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Eketorps Borg Iron Age and Middle Age Öland Sweden

Eketorp is an Iron Age hillfort, located on southeastern Öland, Sweden, and 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. IRON AGE The first fortress, Eketorp I, was buildt in 300’s during a period prosperity on the island of Öland. In order to defend their possession, about 20 households got together and build the fortress. It became a common meeting place and temporary shelter in times of trouble. Gradually it became a permanent settlement during the Eketorp ll period. The diameter of the first fortress walls was smaller than what you see today. The fortress worked for a hundred years as a refuge fortress. The next fortress, Eketorp ll, was build in the 400’s and was inhabited until the 700’s. Eketorp worked as a fortified farming village for three hundred years. 150-200 people lived within the protective ring wall with their animals. Some buildings were built in the middle of the fortress. 53 buildings were built in total: dwelling-houses, cattle sheds, storehouses and workshops. The reconstructed dwelling house that you see at the far end of the fortress, next to the north gate, has walls of limestone and a roof of grass. There are store houses and cattle sheds with their thatched roofs to the left of the gate. The seven buildings in the middle of the fortress were built as a museum which displays some of the finds. There was a meeting place in the western part of the fortress and in its centre stone were found that may have been the foundation of a religious icon. The archeologists made some of the fortress finest discoveries here: small thin gold foils of men and women, so-called guld-gubbar. MIDDLE AGES During the High Middle Ages, from 1170-1240, Eketorp lll was use as military garrison with a cavalry. During this time, more than a hundred buildings wer contained inside the ring wall without a single fire except for a fire in the central kitchen. Eketorp fortress was abandoned by its inhabitants in the 700s and was left to decay for almost 500 years. In the 1100s, new people moved in and started repairing the fortress defences. The fortress wall was reinforced and a low outer wall was built. Object found in the fortress, including a large number of arrowheads, show that defence played a large role during this time. Instead of buildings with stone walls, long rows of building with wooden wallsthat rested on stone were built. Many of the building served as stables and barracks, but it wasn’t only soldier who lived in the fortress. You can see the reconstructed medieval houses on the eastern side of the fortress. The well has been on the same site since the Iron Age and the garrison’s central kitchen was nearby. Food for all of the fortress inhabitants was cooked over a huge fireplace. A channel drain led from the well to the adjacent wetland to the east. The people who lived in Eketorp fortress dense wooden buildings constituted. Because of this blacksmith’s forges were placed outside of the south gate in the area between the inner and outer walls. Once again, the powerful Eketorp fortification rise over Öland’s Alvar. Everything was unearthed and then rebuilt. The fortress has been recreated with help from archeologists, stone masons, skilled carpenters and pinch of imagination. There was a settlement within the fortification between the 4th century and the middle of the 13th century. Today, the Eketorp fortress bring new experiences with element from both the Iron Age and Medieval time. The Ancient residents of Öland sought protection from invanders by constructing high wall such as those here at Eketorp. Inside these fortification, the farmers build their homes and barns. Families from neighbouring village moved to these settlements and brought their stock. For 300 years, Eketorp was a fortified farming community. Home to between 150 and 200 people. Copied from the sign* Video is edited with Cyberlink's PowerDirector Mobile App. Video Music #1: ''Another Level'' by Nick Petrov Video Music #2: '''Emotional Story Telling'' by SoundDesign Video Music #3: ''Dramatic Story'' by Black Rhomb This music is from Shutterstock, which is a part of Cyberlink's PowerDirector Mobile App and therefore licenced to users of Cyberlink's PowerDirector Mobile App. To visit my YouTube Community, please click on the following link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgY5.... Eketorps Borg Öland Sweden    • Eketorps Borg Iron Age and Middle Age Ölan...   #eketorpsborgölandsweden #theoldfortress #idafjellstadyoutube #ringfortfromironage #fortressfromironage #fortressfrommiddleages #thefortressfromtheolddays #ölandsweden #southernölandsweden #historicalplace #olandsweden #fortressfrom300's #eketorpl #eketorpsll #eketorpslll #shelter #farmingshelter #cavalry garrison #hometobetween150-200people