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<< Our Photo Pages >> Brunla cemetery - Barrow Cemetery in Norway in Vestfold

Submitted by kenntha88 on Friday, 05 October 2012  Page Views: 1836

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Brunla cemetery Alternative Name: Hunderåsen
Country: Norway
NOTE: This site is 2.366 km away from the location you searched for.

Fylke: Vestfold Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Stavern  Nearest Village: Solstad
Latitude: 59.008812N  Longitude: 10.018737E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Brunla cemetery
Brunla cemetery submitted by kenntha88 : This round barrow has a clear ditch around its edges. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Barrow Cemetery in Vestfold
The cemetery at Brunla and Agnes farm is one of the largest and one of the more unusual Iron Age cemeteries from Vestfold. It measures more than 320 x 125 metres, and at the last investigation more than 90 barrows were found. Straight through the cemetery is an ancient road, a sunken or hollow road, also from the same time period.

After clearing a lot of the forest and large trees in and around the cemetery, a lot more barrows have been found and also traces of iron age farming. The work of restoring the cemetery will continue.

The location of the cemetery is unique in the iron age. Usually these cemeteries are found in places with a view so they could be observed by people travelling in and around the ancient settlements. In this case, the cemetery is located between two rocky hillsides. The only view is to the south to the modern Brunla farm. Today the view is blocked by a forest.

When I visited the cemetery, I could count at least 60 large and small barrows. Almost all of them are round in shape, but there are also around 10 elongated barrows. The round barrows range in size from almost 20 metres in diameter and down to only around 3 metres in diameter and from 1.5 to 0.5 metres in height. Some of them have clear ditches around the edges and some have plundering scars in the centre. The barrows are overgrown with almost only short grass and it makes them easy to observe. A lot of leafy trees are scattered around on the cemetery. When anyone visit the site they can walk along the ancient hollow road going through the site, today visible as a footpath.
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Brunla cemetery
Brunla cemetery submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Vestfold Norway (Vote or comment on this photo)

Brunla cemetery
Brunla cemetery submitted by kenntha88 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Brunla cemetery
Brunla cemetery submitted by kenntha88 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Brunla cemetery
Brunla cemetery submitted by kenntha88 : One of the few elongated barrows. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Brunla cemetery
Brunla cemetery submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Vestfold Norway (Vote or comment on this photo)

Brunla cemetery
Brunla cemetery submitted by kenntha88 : Another round barrow with a deep crater.

Brunla cemetery
Brunla cemetery submitted by kenntha88 : This round barrow has a deep crater in the middle.

Brunla cemetery
Brunla cemetery submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Vestfold Norway

Brunla cemetery
Brunla cemetery submitted by kenntha88

Brunla cemetery
Brunla cemetery submitted by kenntha88 : This round barrow is in the middle part of the cemetery. The trees are tighter here

Brunla cemetery
Brunla cemetery submitted by kenntha88 : The ancient sunken road going through the entire cemetery

Brunla cemetery
Brunla cemetery submitted by kenntha88 : Brunla cemetery

Brunla cemetery
Brunla cemetery submitted by kenntha88 : Three pretty round barrows.

Brunla cemetery
Brunla cemetery submitted by kenntha88 : Brunla cemetery

Brunla cemetery
Brunla cemetery submitted by kenntha88

Brunla cemetery
Brunla cemetery submitted by kenntha88

Brunla cemetery
Brunla cemetery submitted by kenntha88

Brunla cemetery
Brunla cemetery submitted by kenntha88 : From the south part of the cemetery, 6 barrows are visible in this photo.

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