Asva

This article is about the village in Estonia. For the Sanskrit word for "horse", see Ashva. For the band, see Asva (band).

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

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

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

Prehistoric settlement

Asva is known 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.^[4] 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 with stone and earth walls.^[5]