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Multi-periodSite Name: Sosteli
Country: Norway Fylke: Vest-Agder Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Village: Åseral
Latitude: 58.617165N Longitude: 7.392361E
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 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

4 Access:

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 Accuracy:

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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Prehistoric settlement in Vest-Agder

Sosteli settlement is a very well preserved settlement site from the age of migration, around 500AD, although the area have probably been settled from around year 1 to 500AD.
The settlement is among one of the best preserved in Norway.

The settlement is located far above the small village Åseral. To get here one must drive a really bad dirt road that leads high up on the mountain full of twists and turns. Once up there is a really nice highland landscape. There are signposts leading from the village to the settlement.

The site consists of three large longhouses, 15 barrows and cairns, around 20 farming clearing cairns, one square shaped area paved with stones and two long stone fences. The marks of the longhouses are easy to see in the low grass and the walls have been partially reconstructed with larger stones. The largest longhouse is around 45 metres in length and around 7-8 metres wide. The second largest is around 35 metres in length and around 8 metres wide while the smallest housing is about 20 metres long and around 6 metres wide.

The first housing visitors get to once inside the gate is the second largest, close to east short end is a round barrow with a very pretty shape, around 18 metres in diameter and around 2 metres in height. Between this one and the largest housing is a very pretty restored elongated burial cairn. It is around 23 metres long and around 5 metres wide and around 1,5 metres in height.

The largest and the smallest housing are almost wall to wall next to one another. The smallest one has been overgrown a little with smaller brush and can be difficult to see. The largest is restored and easy to see. Just next to these housings is another beautiful elongated cairn, around 30 metres long and around 6 metres wide. From the smallest housing runs two long stone fences that continues to the south east.

Just to the east of the two housings is a stone paved square shaped area that elevates a little from the surrounding terrain. It is not known the purpose of this structure, some theories is that it is a local gathering place or ritual site.

To the north west across a small river with a single stone slab as a bridge there are five more round barrows. They are from 10 to 15 metres in diameter and around 1 to 2 metres in height.

The site is equipped with a parking lot and several information signs.
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