Götavirke (Geatish Dyke) are the remains of a defensive wall going from north to south between to villages called Västra Husby and Hylinge in Ostrogothia in present-day Sweden. Consequently the wall covers the distance between the lakes Asplången and Lillsjön. North of Aspelången there are remains of several ancient hill forts that may have been part of the defensive line. South of Lake Lillsjön, the terrain is so hard to pass that it hardly needed any defenses. The term hill fort is commonly used by archeologists to describe fortified enclosures located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. ...
The wall seems to be constructed to protect the Geats from attacks from the Baltic Sea. Archaeological excavations have shown that it was constructed ca 800. Geats (Gautar Old Norse or Götar in Swedish) is the Old English spelling of the name of a Scandinavian people living in Götaland, land of the Geats, currently within the borders of modern Sweden. ... The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Eastern Europe and Central Europe, and the Danish islands. ...
The wall supported a wooden pale and behind it are traces of a military road, which makes it similar to Danevirke. Danevirke, also known as Dannevirke or Danewerk, means Danes work. It is the name for the Danish earthen defense structure, which stretches from the swampy moors of west Jutland to the town of Schleswig, situated at Slien at the Baltic Sea, near the Viking trade centre of Hedeby. ...
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