Bulverket

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The Bulverket is the remnants of a large wooden fortification or bulwark at Lake Tingstäde on the island of Gotland, Sweden. When built, it consisted of a platform with houses surrounded by a double palisade with the entire construction around 250 m in diameter. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 57°43'40"N, 18°37'43"E

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Bulverket – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Othem Church, Stenkyrka Church, Lake Tingstäde, Fole Church.

4.3 miE
Church, Gothic architecture, Romanesque architecture
Othem Church, Lärbro
110 min walk • Othem Church is a medieval church in Othem on Gotland, Sweden. It was built in the 13th century and contains several medieval murals.
5.8 miNW
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Stenkyrka Church
148 min walk • Stenkyrka Church is a medieval church in Stenkyrka on the Swedish island of Gotland. Although the current church dates from the 13th century, it was probably preceded by one of the earliest churches on Gotland at this site.
~480 ftNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Tingstäde
3 min walk • Lake Tingstäde is a lake next to Tingstäde in the central northern part of Gotland, Sweden. It is the second biggest lake on Gotland, after Lake Bästeträsk. The surface of the lake is 44.1 m above sea level.
6.2 miSW
Church, Romanesque architecture
Fole Church
157 min walk • Fole Church is a medieval church in Fole on the Swedish island of Gotland. The Romanesque tower is the oldest part of the otherwise largely Gothic church. It belongs to the Church of Sweden and lies in the Diocese of Visby.
5.7 miSE
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Boge Church
145 min walk • Boge Church is a medieval church in Boge not far from Slite on the Swedish island of Gotland. Its main construction period was during the 13th century, but the tower was rebuilt following its collapse in a storm during the 19th century.
4.3 miSW
Church, Romanesque architecture
Lokrume Church
110 min walk • Lokrume Church is a medieval church on the Swedish island of Gotland. The oldest parts of the church are from the 12th century. It belongs to the Diocese of Visby.
0.8 miNW
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Tingstäde Church
20 min walk • Tingstäde Church is a medievalchurch on the Swedish island of Gotland, in the Diocese of Visby. Its present appearance dates largely from the 13th and 14th centuries.
5.2 miW
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Martebo Church
134 min walk • Martebo Church is a medieval church on the Swedish island of Gotland. Its three portals contain some of the richest medieval sculpture on the island. Martebo Church lies in the Diocese of Visby.
3.3 miS
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Hejnum Church
84 min walk • Hejnum Church is a medieval Lutheran church in Hejnum on the island of Gotland, Sweden. The church lies in the Diocese of Visby of the Church of Sweden.
6.6 miNE
Ruins
Gann Church
168 min walk • Gann Church ruin is the ruin of an abandoned church in Lärbro socken on the Swedish island of Gotland. The stone church was built in the 13th century and presumed abandoned in the 16th century.
4.8 miNW
Locality
Tingstäde
124 min walk • Tingstäde is a populated area, a socken, on the Swedish island of Gotland. It comprises the same area as the administrative Tingstäde District, established on 1 January 2016.