Ottarshögen (Ottar's Mound)
Ottar's Mound Vendel
Vendel Period (c.550–600 CE)·Vendel Period Scandinavia·🇸🇪 Uppsala County, Vendel parish, Tierp Municipality, Sweden
About
About Ottarshögen (Ottar's Mound)
Monumental Vendel Period tumulus at Vendel parish (Tierp) — 37 m diameter, 8 m high, excavated 1914 (Stolpe monument) with cremation of King Ottar Vendelcrowk (Ohthere) noted in Ynglingatal and Beowulf, with East Roman gold solidus. Adjacent Vendel cemetery and church plateau. Key literary-archaeology link.
Why it mattersMonumental Vendel Period tumulus at Vendel parish (Tierp) — 37 m diameter, 8 m high, excavated 1914 (Stolpe monument) with cremation of King Ottar Vendelcrowk (Ohthere) noted in Ynglingatal and Beowulf, with East Roman gold solidus. Adjacent Vendel cemetery and church plateau. Key literary-archaeolo
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Whether Ottar of Beowulf equals this mound
Theories
- 01Ottarshögen as Yngling genealogy anchor for Uppsala
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.590 CE
- Period
- Vendel Period (c.550–600 CE)
- Culture
- Vendel Period Scandinavia
- Purpose
- Royal mound of King Ottar Vendelcrowk
- Excavation
- Excavated
On the ground
Structures & features
60.1660° N · 17.5600° E · 28 m · 3 mapped features
Ottar's Mound Tumulus
tumulus37 m tumulus with Ottar pyre
60.1660° N · 17.5600° EVendel Church Plateau
plateauChurch and hall plateau 100 m south
60.1648° N · 17.5615° EVendel Cemetery Edge
cemeteryVendel cemetery northern field
60.1668° N · 17.5595° E
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