Sammallahdenmäki Bronze Age Burial Site

Sammallahdenmäki was inscribed to the UNESCO World Heritage list in December 1999 as the first prehistoric archaeological site in Finland. The burial cairns were included on the list as the most representative site of Western Bronze Age culture in Finland and the entire Scandinavia. Sammallahdenmäki is located in Rauma. The site includes 36 burial cairns within an area of 36 hectares.

Aerial view of the Bronze Age burial site of Sammallahdenmäki. The picture shows a large, elongated stone tumulus in the centre and part of another tumulus to the left. The terrain is rocky forest.

Welcome to Sammallahdenmäki

Landscape view of the Bronze Age burial mound area at Sammallahdenmäki. The picture shows gravestones and coniferous trees piled up on the rock. Forest can be seen in the background.

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Nature scenery from Sammallahdenmäki.

Management plan

Photo of the Bronze Age burial mound area at Sammallahdenmäki. The picture shows the whole of one low stone cairn. The landscape in the picture is a rocky forest landscape. Coniferous trees can be seen in the background.

History

Aerial view of the burial mounds at the northern end of the Bronze Age cemetery of Sammallahdenmäki.

Bronze Age and Sammallahdenmäki – learning material