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<< Our Photo Pages >> Bøkeskogen - Barrow Cemetery in Norway in Vestfold

Submitted by kenntha88 on Sunday, 24 August 2014  Page Views: 1287

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bøkeskogen
Country: Norway
NOTE: This site is 2.621 km away from the location you searched for.

Fylke: Vestfold Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Larvik
Latitude: 59.057858N  Longitude: 10.023909E
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 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
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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
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Bøkeskogen submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Vestfold Norway (Vote or comment on this photo)
Barrow Cemetery in Vestfold

The Bøkeskogen forest in the middle of the town Larvik is Norway's only natural beech forest. It is a protected forest and it has been made a public park. It was among the first public parks in Norway. It is a stone fence surrounding the park and several footpaths and picnic tables and information signs are located in the forest.

In this forest there are two large barrow cemeteries from early to later iron age. They are known as the upper and lower barrow cemeteries. The lower cemetery consists of 36 barrows. This barrow cemetery is difficult to observe and photograph because it is heavily overgrown with smaller trees and brush.
The upper barrow cemetery on the ridge that is the highest area in the forest have been cleaned for small brush. There is only a deep layer of dead leaves on the forest floor under the tall beech trees. It consists of around 23 round and 3 elongated barrows. The largest round barrow is around 25 metres in diameter and around 2 metres in height. The other barrows vary from around 15 to 6 metres in diameter and from 0.5 to 1.5 metres in height. They are easy to see and find and some also have ditches around the edges.

Most of the barrows have been disturbed and some have deep craters on top and some have been flattened in later years. Some of the barrows however, have been reconstructed recently. The barrows have been dated to later iron age, around 800-900AD. but some of the mounds could go back further in time.
Only some findings are known from the cemetery. They are from 5 barrows, four male burials and one female. In one of the barrows was found a small boat.

The whole park is a beautiful area and is well worth a visit!
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