The mounds are burial monuments from the Iron Age. These grave monuments are connected to the increasing social divisions and concentration of power that arose in agricultural society. You can find two burial mounds at Velle, but there were probably several more earlier. According to tradition, it may be Gosse Rekedal, Kvelp Mo, Grim Ose and/or Iver Langerumpe who are buried here.

The construction of mounds was particularly widespread in the later Roman period (200–400 AD), the migration period (400–570 AD) and the Viking age (800–1050 AD). Most of the burial mounds in Ørsta are probably from one of these periods.

These two burial mounds were originally around 15 meters wide, but they have been damaged and looted over the years. In the last 30 years, several archaeological records and excavations have been made at Velle. Several traces of houses, cultivation areas and other traces of settlement have been uncovered. In the burial mounds, only ash and charcoal remains were found. However, nearby a sword and an axe from the younger Iron Age have been found.   
 

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Sworn found close to the burial mound. Adnan Icagic@Universitetsmuseet i Bergen

Close-up of the sword. Adnan Icagic@Universitetsmuseet i Bergen

Axe found close the burial mound. Adnan Icagic@Universitetsmuseet i Bergen