Västra Vång

Västra Vång is an Iron Age central place in the region of Blekinge (south-eastern Sweden) .

The site was identified in 2004 when archaeologists recognized evidence of occupation spanning from the Roman Iron Age to the Viking period (0–1100 CE) (Henriksson, 2006, 2022a). The site's central role and its economic prosperity throughout the Scandinavian Iron Age are proven by the rich find materials retrieved during the numerous excavation campaigns conducted at the site (Derudas et al., 2023).

In the central part of the site, a ritual complex was identified that was likely inhabited between the Scandinavian Late Bronze Age (1100 BCE–500 CE) or the Pre-Roman Iron Age (500 BCE–0 CE) (Henriksson, 2016) and the Late Germanic Iron Age (Swedish Vendel Period 550–800 CE) (Svensson & Derudas, forthcoming).

Several investigation seasons took place at the site in a collaboration between Blekinge Museum and Lund University. Here, you can explore the excavation datasets.

Joannishus 1:2 Hjortsberga, sn Ronneby Kommun Blekinge län