Some 40 centimetres below the surface, there was a well defined stone-packing. Photo D. Carlsson.

Finally, we have begin to open the graves. So far, we have detected 10 graves. We still don't know exactly how many they are, while some part of the excavation shaft haven't been leveled down to the same level.

Most of the graves are oriented in a north-south direction, with their heads normally in teh south. Some of the dead are buried below well-formed stone-packing, while others are buried directly in the gravel.

To give an idea of how these graves below stone-packing look like can be seen from Grave 48/98. Below some 30 centimetres of soil, there was a clearly defined stone-packing, ablong and about 2 metres long. In the centre of the grave, there was one larger stone, as can be seen from the photo.

After removing the stone-packing, we found the remains of a skeleton laying on it's back and with the head to the south. The skeleton was remarkable badly preserved. The cranium and the legs where the only part of the skeleton in a better condition.

The person buried in the grave was a female, which could be seen from the artifacts accompanying her.She had two animal headed brooches on her chest. At her left hip was an iron knife, and close to her head a beautifully decorated bronze pin.

By the artifacts, we can date the woman to have been living in the 9th Century, which is in accordance with all the other graves from the area.

The two animal headed brooches. Photo D. Carlsson.

Close to the head, she had a bronze pin of a typical Viking Age style. Photo D. Carlsson.

The skeleton was orienteted in a north-south direction, and badly preserved. Photo D. Carlsson.