Träbyborg, also known as Trebyborg, is a ringfort located about 700 meters north of Träby in Segerstads socken on southeastern Öland. The site consists of three ring-shaped fortifications aligned in a north-east to south-west direction. The north-eastern and middle ring-shaped fortifications are oval, while the south-western one is nearly round. The diameters of these fortifications are 48-66 meters for the north-eastern, 51-65 meters for the middle, and 38-44 meters for the south-western.
The wall thickness is 7-10 meters. The middle fortification is the best preserved. In 1634, Rhezelius stated that there were 30 house foundations in the north-eastern fortification, 32 in the middle, and 14 in the south-western. Excavations in 1966 determined the construction period of the fortifications to be the Migration Period (folkvandringstiden).
In the south-western fortification, a new farm called Christineborg was built in the late 1700s. Today, only the foundations of Christineborg remain.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Nik Frost
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