Hellvi

Coordinates: 57°46′30″N 18°53′42″E / 57.77500°N 18.89500°E / 57.77500; 18.89500
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Hellvi is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland.[3] It comprises the same area as the administrative Hellvi District, established on 1 January 2016.[4]

A Roman bronze mask from the 1st century has been found in Hellvi.[5]

Geography

Hellvi is situated in the east coast of northern of Gotland. The socken has a long coastline with several bays and islands. It comprises most of Lake Fardume (Fardume Träsk) along with Storholmen island in the middle of the lake.[6][7] The St Olofsholm peninsula makes up the south tip of Hellvi.[8] Just west of the peninsula are Ytterholmen and Hojskär islands.[9][10]

Hellvi has seven nature reserves: Lörgeudd, Malms-Kyllaj, St Olofsholm, Sajgs, Ytterholmen, Storholmen and Träskvidar.[11][12] There are stack areas in St Olofsholm and Kyllaj.[8][13][7]

The

Hallshuk.[15][16]

History

Bronze mask

In the 1980s, a ceremonial

archaeological excavation was made at the site where the mask was originally found. The site was an old stone foundation of a house, abandoned sometime during the 7th century. The second eye along with some other objects, such as drinking horns were discovered during the excavation. The mask was not buried but probably kept in the house along with the drinking horns. A posthole where the mask was found and some rivet holes on the mask suggests that it may have been mounted on a pole.[17][18][5]

References

  1. ^ Carlquist, Gunnar, ed. (1947–1955). "Hellvi socken". Svensk Uppslagsbok (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Malmö: Förlagshuset Norden.
  2. Gotland Municipality
    . Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  3. ^ The exact extent of the socken, now district, can be obtained by clicking on Kartinställningar and check the Socken box in the menu of this map from the Swedish National Heritage Board database.
  4. ^ "Förordning om district" [Regulation of districts] (PDF). Ministry of Finance. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  5. ^ a b Staflin, Mona (5 February 2015). "Bronsmask var troligen offergåva". www.helagotland.se. Helagotland.se. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Hellvi". www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Storholmen". www.lansstyrelsen.se. Gotland County Administrative Board. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  8. ^ a b c "S:t Olofsholm". www.lansstyrelsen.se. Gotland County Administrative Board. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  9. ^ "Ytterholmen Hellvi". www.guteinfo.com. Guteinfo. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  10. ^ Enderborg, Bernt. "Vandra på Gotland". www.guteinfo.com. Guteinfo. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  11. ^ "Malms-Kyllaj". www.guteinfo.com. Guteinfo.
  12. ^ "Träskvidar". www.lansstyrelsen.se. Gotland County Administrative Board. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  13. ^ "Malms-Kyllaj". www.lansstyrelsen.se. Gotland County Administrative Board. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  14. SELIBR 7232718
    .
  15. ^ "Församlingar på Gotland". www.svenskakyrkan.se. Church of Sweden. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  16. ^ "Visby stifts indelning 2018". www.svenskakyrkan.se. Church of Sweden. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  17. ^ Enderborg, Bernt. "En romersk bronsmask, 100-talet e.Kr". www.guteinfo.com. Guteinfo. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  18. ^ Klint, Kerstin (5 February 2015). "Unik bronsmask visas på Gotlands Museum". www.gotland.net. Gotland.net. Retrieved 5 January 2019.

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