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Modern SitesSite Name: Arctic HengeCountry: Iceland
NOTE: This site is 40.368 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Husavik Nearest Village: Raufarhöfn
Latitude: 66.459300N Longitude: 15.9662W
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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"Arctic Henge" has been built near the northern fishing village of Raufarhöfn in Iceland. It is aligned to the heavens to harness the Midnight Sun and is inspired by the mythical world of eddic poem Völuspá (Prophecy of the Seeress).
The Henge is 52m in diameter, and contains a Dvergar Path around the circumference linking the names of 72 dwarfs which form a year long cycle in which each Dvergar (dwarf) has five days.
A crystal at the top of a central 8-metre-high column will throw light all over the Henge.
See this document for details of its construction, and find your own birthday Dvergar or dwarf (mine is Loni, with God Heimdallur).
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