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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Østby-KopstadlinnaCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 4.995 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Vestfold Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Holmestrand Nearest Village: Hof
Latitude: 59.557858N Longitude: 10.088456E
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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Barrow Cemetery in Vestfold
This barrow cemetery is located on a large flat natural terrace with a gentle slope to the south. The cemetery is divided into two parts, one to the west and one to the east. The west part is heavily overgrown with large and small trees and brush while the east part is partially inside a cultivated area where the big trees have been removed but is not heavily overgrown with brush. Both parts are very difficult to photograph although the barrows are easy to find once walking up on them and getting close. I will add LIDAR images to make the cemetery easier to see.
The east group consists of 9 round barrows. The largest four barrows are similar sized, around 11-12 metres in diameter and 1,5 to 2 metres in height. They have clear ditches around them. Two of the barrows seems to have four holes dug in equal sized around them. Are these remains of stone settings? These largest barrows are located in one group in the south part of the cemetery. The rest of the barrows in the east part are small, from 3 to 6 metres in diameter and impossible to find in the terrain but easy to see on LADAR images.
The west part of the cemetery consists of 22 barrows. The barrows are grouped close together, almost tuching one another. They are easy to see close up but very hard to photograph in the tight forest. One barrow is 12 metres in diameter while the other barrows are all small, around 6-9 metres in diameter and 0,5 to 1 metre in height.
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