Gotlands län
Vid detta imponerade gravfält finns över 100 bronsåldersgravar. De flesta gravarna är under mark men det finns lämningar av både rösen och skeppssättningar som ännu är synliga ovan mark. Under ett och ett halvt årtusende (från cirka 1500 f.Kr.) har människo…
Det underliga namnet kan komma från att stenarna som står upp ur jorden påminner om troll med sträckta halsar. Det kan också komma från våtmarken i närheten, vilken kallas Bysträsket. Bysen är ett gotländskt sagoväsen som också kallades för Trullet. Så kans…
Gnisvärds skeppssättningar är från yngre bronsåldern och tillhör Gotlands bäst bevarade. Den ena är Gotlands största och är 47 meter lång och sju meter bred, den består av omkring 100 tätt ställda resta stenar. Skeppssättningen är omgiven av två mindre rund…
According to legend, Tjelvar's grandson, Gunnfjaun, had this church built as a place of worship at the medieval marketplace that existed on Kaupungsklint just east of the ruin. The preserved window and portal details indicate that the chapel was built in th…
Tucked away in a vast landscape of rocky outcrops is an isolated Iron Age farm. Here you can see the remains of several Iron Age houses, enclosures and burial grounds. The remains here give us knowledge of what an Iron Age village may have looked like and h…
St. Karin is a mighty church ruin with high arches. The church and convent were founded in 1233 by the Franciscan order. The church was added with beautiful choir arches in the late 14th century.
The monastery was built in 1164 by monks from France. After the Reformation in the 1530s, the monastery was abandoned and left largely deserted for two hundred years. Today the ruins are used as a theater stage. Read more HERE
St. Olof's church ruin, built in the 1240s, is located in the Botanical Gardens. It is covered in ivy.
Up on a cliff in Ardre parish lies Kaupung Castle. Yes, castles are what ancient fortifications are called here on Gotland. The fortress at Kaupungs klint measures 100 x 80 meters. From southeast to west it is protected by ramparts and from north to east by…
The glory days of the stone industry are still evident in Kyllaj. While you're here, take a trip up to the edge of the cliff and look at the breathtaking view and the mighty rauks. As early as the 17th century, Kyllaj began to be used as a port for shipping…
The bulwark in Tingstäde is our most hidden and strangest visitor site, the bulwark is located at the bottom of Tingstäde swamp. Originally, the bulwark consisted of a giant square, 170 x 170m large wooden platform with open water in the middle. The structu…
The word 'castle' often brings to mind palatial, royal buildings. Here on Gotland we use the word a little differently, often as an ancient castle, here it is the two medieval houses in the picture that are Fardume Castle. There is a long history of human a…
Many people visit Tjelvar's grave. According to the Gutasaga, Tjelvar was the first human being on Gotland. The legend says that he lived at Tjelders in Boge and that he is buried in a ship not far from there. Tjelvar "Gotland first found a man called Tjelv…
Just north of Klintehamn, you will find these four sailing stone ships. Further into the forest there is also a Bronze Age cairn. Both cairns and ships are graves. Cairns often have several people buried in them. Ship sites have often been the burial place…
A marked trail takes you around this historic landscape. Among other things, you will see Gotland's largest Bronze Age cairn, Uggarde rojr. The area has a concentration of large Bronze Age cairns in a low-lying and open landscape along the former coastline.…
