Asva

Village in Estonia

Village in Saare County, Estonia

Asva
Village
Country	Estonia
County	Saare County
Parish	Saaremaa Parish
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Asva is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County, on the eastern part of Saaremaa Island, Estonia.^[1]^[2]

Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Laimjala Parish.^[3]

Prehistoric settlement

Asva is known in for the settlement found here in the 1930s. From the Bronze Age through the Iron Age, around 900 AD, there was a large fortified settlement.[1] It had a very long continuity compared to other Nordic settlements. A large amount of archaeological finds, such as pottery, bone, and tool fragments have been made. Excavations have shown fortifications made by stone and earth walls.[2]

References

^ Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements 2014 (retrieved 28 July 2021)
^ "Lisa. Asustusüksuste nimistu" (PDF). haldusreform.fin.ee (in Estonian). Rahandusministeerium. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
^ "Saaremaa külad endiste valdade piires". www.saaremaa.ee (in Estonian). Archived from the original on 3 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.