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The finds recovered from the investigation on the hill were relatively few in number. This can be attributed to the excavations focus on selected construction details and its spatial limitations. A number of fragments of copper alloy difficult to interpret, fragmented clay pottery and a single shard of beaker glass, a silver coin and a gold foil figurine were recovered from trench A.
The latter (Find nr 117) was found when cleaning topsoil in the southern area of the trench where a large posthole had been investigated in previous years.
The silver coin and the largest amount of other finds were retrieved from the upper topsoil-affected cultural layer 1050, while the underlying floor layer and ditch were remarkably empty of finds. However, a fragment of Cu alloy was retrieved from the ditch fill. A shard of beaker glass, some Cu-alloy fragments and burnt clay were retrieved from the posthole fill.
Trench B yielded mainly burnt bone and burnt clay, but also a whetstone, an iron object, slag and occasional pottery. The whetstone and slag fragment were recovered from the upper topsoil-affected cultural layer, which also contained fragments of burnt clay. Burnt bone and daub were recovered from the fill of the posthole and similar finds could also be attributed to the other investigated layers. The iron artefact was retrieved from one of the floor layer remains.
The few finds retrieved during the current investigation reflect well the type of finds previously retrieved from Vång Hill. Overall, the similarity in terms of finds, in line with other excavation results, suggests that all the contexts investigated belong to a coherent environment. However, this has a certain stratigraphic complexity and probably also a chronological depth beyond what can currently be proven.
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