Ålandsberget

Ålandsberget is a hill in Siuntio, Uusimaa, Finland, known for its prehistoric burial mounds. It lies in the southern part of the municipality on the shore of the Baltic Sea and forms part of the Kopparnäs-Störsviken recreation and nature reserve area.

At least four cairns survive on the hill. They are covered with moss and about 4-5 metres in diameter. The cairns stand in the southern part of the hill, near the mouth of Kolaviken Bay, roughly 10-15 metres above sea level. The tallest is on the hill's crest, while the lowest lies almost at its foot.

The mounds may date from the Iron Age, but their location also allows them to be dated to the Bronze Age. At the beginning of the Iron Age, the area's shoreline stood about 6,5 metres higher than it does now. The estimated date for the site as a whole is 2000 BCE to 500 BCE.

Monuments of this kind in Finland are generally cairns and boulder enclosures, built by hunter-gatherers and early farmers on ridges that once overlooked the sea. Where such monuments have not been excavated, dating depends on their form and on nearby examples that have been investigated.

Ålandsberget is a megalithic mound (tumulus with integral stones) in Siuntio, Finland. A typological estimate: 2000 BCE to 500 BCE. No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the Finnish article "Ålandsberget", shown in the original language.