Southern Öland

The Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland is a site that has been in agricultural use since prehistory. One of its main features is the Stora Alvaret, a so-called "limestone pavement", a biological environment based on a limestone plain with thin or no soil. A great assortment of vegetation is found here including numerous rare species.

The best known early paleolithic settlement of the area occurs at Alby, where excavations have revealed vestiges of wooden huts around a prehistoric lagoon. Evidence of later ringforts abounds including the most well known site at Eketorp. Later, about 800 to 1000 AD, various Viking settlements appeared on the fringe of the Stora Alvaret.

Year Decision Comments
2000 Inscribed Reasons for inscription

Reviews

Gatis (Latvia):
Although the words (I mean the description of the monument) are there, they do not say anything. You should see the immense alvar yourselves - incredibly flat limestone plateau of Southern Oland. I hope, they included also the fairytale Midlandsskogen (Middle Earth Forest) with the misterious Ismantorps borg - strange, abandoned limestone city with seven gates. The city is located in middle of this huge beach and oak forest.
 


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