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Børsheim 2005: 115, 116 fig. 4). Interesting
enough they were excavated even
earlier than the house remains at
Fragtrup mentioned above, but because
of the question of dating the house remains
at Stokkset were not published
until the late 1970’ies. Today the house
remains dating to the Late Neolithic or
Early Bronze Age is generally accepted.
Søberg, Sør-Trøndelag County
Two Bronze Age house sites are known
from Melhus municipal in Sør-Trøndelag
c. 20 km south of Trondheim, Søberg and
Skjerdingstad, and both sites are located
in the broad valley along the river Gaula,
fig. 8. The earliest house remains at Søberg
are probably connected to the initial
phase of agriculture in the area, and
the site represents the only place in
Trøndelag where two aisled houses
have been found. The soil is very rich
and well suited for agriculture, and at
the same time both the river Gaula is
one of the best fishing places in Norway
and the mountains around the valley are
rich in game.
Fig. 7.
The 20 houses
at Kvenild.
The houses
are dated from
Early Bronze
Age and Pre-
Roman Iron
Age; Mona
Ødegården
Del.
The earliest long houses from late Neolithic,
c. 2000-1700 BC, and Early Bronze
Age Period I, c. 1700-1500 BC, are very
Fig. 8: The landscape along the river Gaula, where
Bronze Age house remains have been excavated
at Søberg and Skjerdingstad. Photo Fjellanger
Widerøe AS.
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