 At Hovgården some 124 graves have been found; the oldest from late Roman Iron Age (1-400 CE) and the youngest from the beginning of the Middle Ages (c. 1050-1520), indicating the area has been settled uninterruptedly throughout this period.Just north of the parish church are five large burial mounds of which three are called "Kungshögar".In Swedish, "Kung" meaning King and "högar", from the Old Norse word "haugr", meaning mound or barrow.