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Ulvåsa in Ekebyborna is a manor near Motala with two known major Medieval elite settlement sites. Excavations in 2002 proved that the unfortified Gamlegården site was established before AD 1100. The fortified Birgittas udde site has seen no archaeological fieldwork since 1924, when the main building's cellar was emptied and restored. Its date is only known to the extent that almost all moated sites of this kind in Sweden belong to the period 1250-1500.

Stensö castle, trench C, the part along the perimeter wall. Note the ashlar.

With two days of digging and one day of backfilling left at Stensö Castle, trenches A and B have already given a rich harvest of new information.

Christian Loven's plan of Landsjö Islet with letters marking on-going fieldwork.

Balancing available labour and a pre-decided excavation agenda against each other is not easy, particularly when you're doing investigative peek-hole fieldwork on a site whose depth and complexity of stratification you don't know much about. At Stensö we had two of three trenches and all five test pits backfilled in time for Wednesday lunch's on-site hot dog barbecue. Ethan Aines, Terese Liberg and three students stayed on to finish trench F, while myself, Mats Eriksson and six s...

By aardvarchaeology on June 29, 2015. This years first week of fieldwork at Stensö Castle went exceptionally well, even though I drove a camper van belonging to a team member into a ditch. Were a team of thirteen, four of whom took part in last years fieldwork at the site. All except me and co-director Ethan Aines are Umeå archaeology students. Were excavating the ruin of a castle that flourished in the 13th and 14th centuries. This year we have a very nice base at Smedstad, ...

October 16, 2017 As I learned a few hours ago, and as a few other Sb bloggers have already announced, Scienceblogs.com will shut down at the end of this month. Im going to move Aard and continue my blogging, but I havent figured out where to move it yet. Suggestions from you, Dear Reader, are most welcome. It… October 11, 2017 I dont read much in Swedish. On a whim I decided to check what recent Swedish books Ive read and liked outside work. Turns out theyre all popular history. Alla rekommen...