Skanörs borg, a medieval castle in modern Vellinge commune in Skåne, was built in the 1220s. It was abandoned in the end of the 1700s. Today, the ruins consist of a ruin mound, low walls and trenches. Only the inner of the two ring-shaped trenches that once surrounded the mound remains intact today. The Danish king guaranteed order and law at the fiskemarknaden through his deputies, the fogdars, who also demanded taxes and fees. Sillamarknaderna were the king's most important sources of income during the Middle Ages.
In 1312, the Germans captured the castle. In 1407, a royal steward is mentioned in Skanör. The youngest coins found on the mound come from Erik of Pomerania's time in the 1420s. Today, only the inner of the two ring-shaped trenches that once surrounded the mound remains intact, and the mound itself, low walls and the remains of the two trenches that surrounded the mound remain.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Nik Frost
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