According to archaeologists aerial infrared images suggest the existence of a late Iron Age settlement, possibly the largest such find ever in the Åland Islands or all of mainland Finland. The highest point of Åland Islands: summit of Orrdalsklint, in Saltvik [Credit: RainoL/Panoramio]The aerial imaging highlighted a depression 40 metres deep and 12 metres wide which might have been the site of a massive...
Possible Viking settlement in the Ålands found
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