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A bone fragment with runic letters!

25.5.2025 09:45:06 CEST | Kulturen i Lund | Pressmeddelande

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One of Sweden's largest archaeological excavations is currently taking place in the Grynmalaren district in central Lund. The excavation is taking place just south of Mårtenstorget in Lund, ahead of a planned house construction.

The archaeologists have so far made many interesting finds, some of which may date back to the time of Lund's founding 1,000 years ago. Among them are several pieces of bone with runes!

“We hope to be able to map the traces of the people who lived in Lund during the Middle Ages,” says Sebastian Boström, archaeologist at Kulturen, the Museum of Cultural History in Lund.

Welcome to visit the excavation!

A piece of bone with runic letters
A piece of bone with runic letters Foto: Johan Romin Kulturen

It is an area rich in finds. After a few weeks of excavation, archaeologists have unearthed several interesting finds: bone fragments with engraved runes, shoes from the Middle Ages, game pieces, coins, buttons, religious items and much more. Objects that will now be examined in more detail.

The archaeological investigation at the streets Lilla Tvärgatan and Grynmalaregatan is being carried out on behalf of the County Administrative Board of Skåne as a collaborative project between Kulturen in Lund, the Archaeologists at the State Historical Museums and Sydsvensk Arkeologi AB, where Kulturen is the principal for the project. Lund Municipality has decided that a senior residence will be built on the site.

The media is now invited to the site to follow the work, meet the archaeologists and see the finds that have been made so far! If interested, please contact communications officer Johan Romin, contact details below.

The archaeological excavation will continue until autumn 2025.

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Archeologists at the excavation site in Lund
Archeologists at the excavation site in Lund
Photo: Johan Romin Kulturen
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Archeologists
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A comb from the Middle ages
A comb from the Middle ages
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Om Kulturen i Lund

About Kulturen i Lund
Kulturen i Lund is a cultural history museum in central Lund with an open-air museum, historic houses, exhibitions, activities for children and a large number of experts in building conservation, history, archaeology and exhibition production. Kulturen was founded in 1882 by Georg Karlin and the open-air museum opened in 1892. Kulturen is an independent museum owned by the Cultural History Association for Southern Sweden

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