Anundshög (alsoAnundshögen andAnunds hög) is atumulus nearVästerås inVästmanland,[1] the largest inSweden. It has a diameter of 60 metres (200 ft) and is about 9 metres (30 ft) high.[1]
Assessments of the era of the mound vary between theBronze Age and the lateIron Age.[2] A fireplace under it has been dated byradiocarbon dating to sometime between AD 210 and 540.
Some historians have associated the mound with the legendary KingAnund, while others regard this as speculative. It is purported also that the name is taken from the largerunestone at the site, (Vs 13) the central stone in a row of 15 alongside the mound, re-erected in the 1960s and apparently marking out the route of theEriksgata. The inscription on the runestone reads:
At the foot of the mound are 2 largestone ships placed end to end, 51 metres (167 ft) and 54 metres (177 ft) long.[3] The site was athing-place and the ship settings may be associated with this function.[4]
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