Ancient remains


Sorunda has a lot of ancient remains to see, 16 runestones, a few rock-carvings, mounds from the bronze-age, old strongholds and hundreds of grave-fields with tousends big and small grave-mounds that puts their stamp on the landscape. On the Sorunda-ore there's also an ancient catching-pit and a big ship tumulus. From historical times there are remains of mills, crofter's holdings, old cultivation-areas and small landingsites for boats and ships.

The different eopcs of time is usually divided into a prehistoric and a historic epoc. The prehistoric is divided like this:

Ice-age until 10 000 BC
Palaeolithic stone-age 10 000 - 2 500 f Kr
Neolithic stone-age 2 500 - 1 500 f Kr
Bronze-age 1 500 - 500 f Kr
Iron age 500 - 0
Roman period 0 - 400 e Kr
Times of the great migration 400 - 550 e Kr
Vendel time 550 - 800 e Kr
Viking age 800 - 1 050 e Kr
At the end of the millenium the medieval times begin...



If you want to know more about the ancient remains in Sorunda and in Stockholm county at Stockholm county's museum.