Björke boat

Björke boat / Hille boat

The Björke boat, or Hille boat (Swedish: Björkebåten, Hillebåten), is a prehistoric boat from Björke, in the Hille district of Gävle Municipality, Sweden, dated to around 320 AD (± 70 years), and buried around 400 AD. It was found during a cleanup of a canal in the fall of 1947, and is, together with the Nydam boat from Denmark (ca 320 AD), some of the earliest examples of clinker boat building in the world.

It can be viewed at the Gävleborg County museum in their permanent exhibition.

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