Memorial sites

The Murjāņi ancient burial ground, located in Sēja Parish of Saulkrasti Municipality, is testimony to the fact that Gauja Livs lived in the territory of Sēja in the 11th to 13th century. This is evident from the approximately 60 ancient burial mounds of varying sizes spread over several kilometres.

On 23 April 1943 four Finnish soldiers – Urho Jääskeläinen, Lauri Suhonen, Aimo Valkeeniemi and Erkki Horma – crashed with the bomber Junkers, in Saulkrasti territory on their way from Germany to Finland. Following the tradition of Finnish war pilots a memorial plaque was erected at the place of the air crash.

Stēdere ancient burial ground, similarly to the Murjāņi ancient burial ground, is testimony to the Liv life in this area in the 10th to 13th century. Archaeological research has uncovered four 10th to 12th century Liv ancient burial mounds. The mounds are spherical, medium-sized: 9-10 metres across, and 1.2-1.4 m high. The Stēdere ancient burial ground was included on the list of archaeological monuments in 1998.