Eketorp Fort
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300px|thumb|Aerial view from the 1970s. Eketorp is an Iron Age fort, located in southeastern Öland, Sweden, and extensively reconstructed and enlarged in the Middle Ages. Throughout the ages the fortification has served a variety of somewhat differing uses: from defensive ringfort, to medieval safe haven and thence a cavalry garrison. In the 20th century it was further reconstructed to become a heavily visited tourist site and a location for re-enactment of medieval battles. Eketorp is the only one of the 19 known prehistoric fortifications on Öland that has been completely excavated, yielding
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- Country
- Sweden
- Located in
- Mörbylånga Municipality
- Material used
- wood
- Official website
- www.eketorpsborg.se/english.html
- Image
- Eketorp main view02.jpg
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- located in/on physical feature
- Stora Alvaret
- hashtag
- eketorpsborg
- Commons category
- Eketorps fornborg
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300px|thumb|Aerial view from the 1970s. Eketorp is an Iron Age fort, located in southeastern Öland, Sweden, and extensively reconstructed and enlarged in the Middle Ages. Throughout the ages the fortification has served a variety of somewhat differing uses: from defensive ringfort, to medieval safe haven and thence a cavalry garrison. In the 20th century it was further reconstructed to become a heavily visited tourist site and a location for re-enactment of medieval battles. Eketorp is the only one of the 19 known prehistoric fortifications on Öland that has been completely excavated, yielding a total of over 24,000 individual artifacts. The entirety of southern Öland has been designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The Eketorp fortification is often referred to as Eketorp Castle.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eketorp Fort” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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