Hoby settlement excavation reveals wealthy Iron Age village. The Hoby settlement covers approximately 100x150 meters, with about one-third excavated 52 buildings have been revealed including long houses, wells, storage pits, and refuge pits Two exceptionally large long houses were constructed in the village center
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Key Facts
- The Hoby settlement covers approximately 100x150 meters, with about one-third excavated
- 52 buildings have been revealed including long houses, wells, storage pits, and refuge pits
- Two exceptionally large long houses were constructed in the village center
- These long houses had clay and stone floors designed solely for human use, unlike typical Scandinavian houses with animal pens
- A building surrounded by a fence or wall may have been a gathering hall or religious structure
- Two large water pits were discovered, possibly used as refuge pits or for votive offerings
- A bronze urn with cremated human remains was discovered in 1897, imported from the Roman Empire
- The settlement is contemporaneous with the chieftain's grave based on pottery analysis
Related site: Hoby — view location, images, and history on the Ancient Nerds map.
Source: Rome’s Forgotten Invasion of Denmark by The Historian's Craft