Western Mound
Western Mound is a monument in Uppsala Municipality, Uppsala County. Western Mound is situated nearby to the monument Old Uppsala archaeological area, as well as near the archaeological site Gamla Uppsala.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Uppsala archaeological area and Disagården open air museum.
Old Uppsala archaeological area
Monument
Photo: OlofE, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Old Uppsala archaeological area is a monument.
Disagården open air museum
Museum
Photo: Ojan, Public domain.
Disagården open air museum is situated 290 metres north of Western Mound.
Old Uppsala Church
Church
Photo: Szilas, Public domain.
Old Uppsala Church is situated 260 metres northeast of Western Mound.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gamla Uppsala and Tuna backar.
Gamla Uppsala
Suburb
Photo: OlofE, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gamla Uppsala is a parish and a village outside Uppsala in Sweden. It had 17,973 inhabitants in 2016. As early as the 3rd century AD and the 4th century AD and onwards, it was an important religious, economic and political centre.
Tuna backar
Suburb
Photo: ArildV, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tuna backar is a suburb, which is situated 2½ km south of Western Mound.
Uppsala countryside
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Uppsala countryside is the part of Uppsala municipality, Uppsala kommun, outside metropolitan Uppsala itself. Some 60,000 people live in Uppsala's suburbs and surrounding villages.
Western Mound
- Type: Monument
- Also known as: “Västhögen”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Uppsala Municipality, Uppsala County, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.89783° or 59° 53′ 52″ northLongitude
17.62866° or 17° 37′ 43″ eastOpen location code
9FFVVJXH+4FOpenStreetMap ID
node 698068565OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
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Highlights include Gamla Uppsala and Sockenmuseet.
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