Broborg - Sweden

Activities Broborg

-  Walk along a cultural interest path, around Broborg to the source of Grimsa's story, or to Vallbyasen       and Honsgarde

More information about Broborg at   www.vikinguppsala.se

Ideas for local visits

-   The Kungshamn- Morga nature reserve

-   Eda Lagergard and bathing

For more information at     www.vivituppland.se

The huge ancient castle of Broborg lies approximately 20 km southeast of Uppsala.  It is one of around 150 castles in Uppland and one of the best preserved. The first castles were built as early as the Bronze Age (c, 1800 - 500 B.C.) and remained occupied right the way through to the Viking Age.

The castle situated on a mould about 45 metres above sea levels, consists of two walls, an inner and outer wall.  The inner wall measures around 85 x70 metres.  It is 8 - 15 metres wide and, at its highest, around 2 metres high.  The castle is defended to both the north and west by steep slopes and boulders.
There are two entrances to the castle.

During the period when the castle was used, it had panoramic views over the ancient waterway of
Langhundraleden that connected the Baltic Sea with the Uppland interior.  During the early Iron Age, the water ran up to thw foot of the mound.  This route could be used to navigate all the way from the Baltic Sea to Gamla Uppsala, which made it an important trading route.  The fact that the castle is situated in a strategic location right next to this route is by no means a coincidence, as it was undoubtedly built to control the waterway.