Cultural Heritage

Burial mound on Alfstad farm

Archaeological memory. Burial mound from the Iron Age. Located at Alfstad farm west of Lillo - Eastern Toten.

A round burial mound clearly marked in the terrain. Around the top there are five standing stones forming a circle.

In the middle ages there was located a church/fjerdungskirke on Alfstad farm. An altar is still visible. In ancient times Alfstad was a place of execution, and the last execution took place in 1780's. One of the finest rune stones, Alfstad stone from about 1000 e.Kr was located on the farm until 1913, when it was moved to Oldsaksamlingen. On the farm and in the surrounding area there are three graves from the Iron Age. Several Bronze Age and Stone Age discoveries are made ​​in the area. There have been found a number of pieces of iron in a man's grave from the Viking Age.