The houses at Veien

During the recent excavations archaeologists have found postholes and hearths from more houses. The biggest one, house I, is a hall-house, or long-house, from the early Roman period. It is 47 meters long and the biggest house found at Østlandet from this period of time. The other houses are probably from a later period.
 

Other finds

During a 5-year period almost 20 flat graves were discovered. The dead bodies were burnt and the cremated bones probably wrapped in pieces of cloth or buried in vessels. Some of them have simple grave goods like pieces of pottery. One grave is from early Bronze Age (900 BC), the others from the late Iron Age. Many cooking pits have also been found; they prove activities in this field from 1000BC to AD 1300.

In the mounds and elsewhere in this area slag has been found. In the wood there are pits for charcoal. Perhaps a blacksmith worked here making tools and weapons. The iron was of great value both as an object of exchange and a symbol of high rank.