Kuralan kylämäki (Kurala by)

English translation (from the Finnish)

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Description

Kurala village hill is an outstanding example of a village hill in the Aura River valley that has been continuously inhabited since at least the Iron Age.

Kurala village is located in the Aura River valley, on the south side of the river. The village hill has an Iron Age settlement site and a cemetery, as well as a group of four farms consisting of the farms of Iso-Rasi, Vähä-Rasi, Iso-Kohmo and Vähä-Kohmo. Hillside fields that have been under cultivation for centuries surround the village hill. The village has kept its traditional layout, and its building stock dates mainly from the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century.

The holdings of Iso-Kohmo, Vähä-Kohmo and Vähä-Rasi are owned by the City of Turku. The Living History Village of the Turku Provincial Museum and an experimental archaeology activity point operate in Kurala.

History

Kurala village was settled by the Iron Age at the latest. It was first mentioned in written sources in 1378. By the first half of the 17th century the village had four farms. By the time of the isojako land division carried out in the 1780s, the village had grown to six farms. The village crofts were located at Ristimäki. There was a krouvi along Hämeentie.

Kurala village, which belonged to the parish of Kaarina, was merged into the town of Turku in 1939. In the 1970s there were plans to zone Kurala as an apartment block area, but the area was protected under the Antiquities Act in 1980.