In 1881-1883 a series of excavations by Hjalmar Stolpe revealed 14 graves in and just beyond the south-east corner of Vendel churchyard.
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In Ari Þorgilsson's Íslendingabók and in Historia Norwegiae, he was called Egil Vendelcrow (Vendilcraca/Vendilkráka, a name traditionally given to those living at the royal estate of Vendel in Sweden).