<< Our Photo Pages >> Straumsland - Stone Circle in Norway in Vest-Agder
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: StraumslandCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 1.433 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Vest-Agder Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Farsund Nearest Village: Åmland
Latitude: 58.115446N Longitude: 6.743546E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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This stone circle is located in a valley between two hills right next to a small footpath. It is inside a tight pine tree forest and the full circle can be difficult to photograph if it was not for forest floor having no vegetation at all, but is completely dry except for a few paths of moss.
The stone circle consists of seven blocks of stone with a space between them of around 2-3 metres. The circle has a diameter of around 10 metres and the blocks of stone are around 80cm to one metre in height and from 80 to 90cm wide. The unusual location of the circle between the hills and with no view to any direction or any nearby burials or monuments suggest the circle is not a burial monument at all but some kind of ritualistic site.
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