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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bjørkhaugen Alternative Name: Søndre Eik, The Birch HillCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 5.062 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Buskerud Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Drammen Nearest Village: Lierbyen
Latitude: 59.781508N Longitude: 10.215644E
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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Just south west of some large farm buildings and at the edge of a huge grassy field is a large and beautiful round barrow. The barrow is overgrown with small grass and around 20 large birch trees are growing on top, probably the reason why the barrow has the name Bjørkhaugen (The Birch Hill). Encircling the barrow is two small roads. On top of the barrow is a picnic table. The site is located on a large area of high land overlooking the landscape to the south. From this place is a beautiful view!
The barrow is around 25 to 30 metres in diameter and around 5 metres in height. It has a beautiful rounded shape and with no crater on top.
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