Otterböte Bronze Age Site

Description

The site consists of remains of nine huts, several rubbish heaps and a little well, which is the earliest known in well Finland. The site was populated around 1000 BC by seal-hunters who came from Poland. They used this site during the hunting season.

The site is accessible by foot, the path starting from Hamnövägen is about 600 metres long.

Address
762 24, Kökar, Finland

Established
1000 BC

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