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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Flaten-MolandCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 6.612 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Aust-Agder Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Arendal Nearest Village: Moland
Latitude: 58.555373N Longitude: 8.799218E
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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The barrow cemetery is located on an almost round hill overlooking the landscape to the north-east and south east. The hill and cemetery is closed in with a fence and overgrown with trees and vegetation. I was not able to get into the cemetery to photograph it in details but it is plans to make it easier for visitors. The cemetery is easy to see on LIDAR maps.
The barrow cemetery consists of at least 11 barrows, 7 round barrows and 4 long barrows. It originally had two more round barrows that were removed when the road to the farm was built.
The three largest round barrows are 17-18 metres in diameter and 1,5 to 2,5 metres in height. They both seems to have deep foot ditches around the edges, almost 1,5 metres wide and all have the typical crater in the top. The largest barrow have a large slab-shaped stone in its South west side standing on its edge. measurements: L 1.40m, width 0.9m, h 0.1-0.25m. (Standing stone) In the top crater on another barrow there are several large slabs that probably is the remains of a stone chamber.
The rest of the round barrows are 7 to 14 metres in diameter and 1 to 2 metres in height. These are also clear in the terrain and easy to see on LIDAR maps.
The long barrows are all in the south part of the cemetery and oriented east-west. They are 7 to 14 metres in diameter, 4-8 metres wide and 1 to 1,5 metres in height. They have low profiles and are harder to see than the round barrows. The long barrows also have clear ditches around them and one have a small "brige" over the ditch.
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