Gårdlösa

Gårdlösa is the site of an Iron Age settlement in the parish of Smedstorp in Skåne, Sweden [1]. It was inhabited briefly during the late Nordic Bronze Age, and from the 1st century BC–11th century AD [1]. A woman's grave from the Roman Iron Age was discovered in Gårdlösa in 1949 [1]. The grave contained a silver fibula on which there was a runic inscription [1]. Between 1963 and 1976, archaeological excavations were carried out on the house foundations, grave fields, and a shrine [1]. The rich and varied material uncovered has enabled scholars to perform cross-domain studies of the inhabitants' social, economic and religious life, giving a good picture of an Iron Age agricultural settlement and its resources [1]. There are two stone circles; two irregularly shaped cobble-clad graves and a smaller one; and a circular formation of stones from the late Vendel Age or the Viking Age [1].