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Submitted by kenntha88 on Thursday, 19 November 2009 Page Views: 3276
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ketil's Mound Alternative Name: RamstadCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 27.098 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Nord-Trøndelag Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Trondheim Nearest Village: Kolvereid
Latitude: 64.748314N Longitude: 11.240473E
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 |
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This mound is one of the most impressive round barrows I have seen! It is huge! It is located about 50 metres to the west of the main road leading south-west. It is located inside a small valley between two mountain ridges, one to the east and one to the west.
The mound is close by the hills up to the ridge to the west of the road. It is inside a grassy meadow with the edge of a small forest right next to the mound.
The mound is about 60 metres in length and about 30 metres across, and about 4-5 metres in height! It is called "Ketils Mound" in local traditions, naming it after a caracter in the old norse sagas, Ketil Høng. He was according to the sagas one of the first to emigrate to Iceland and settle there, but if the mound really was made for him is not very likely.
The road leading next to the mound was probably also a used road in the iron age, making everyone traveling here see this huge burial monument.
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