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Submitted by kenntha88 on Tuesday, 10 October 2023  Page Views: 80

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Østby-Kopstadlinna
Country: 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:
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.
1 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
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Østby-Kopstadlinna submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Vestfold Norway (Vote or comment on this photo)
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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Østby-Kopstadlinna submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Vestfold Norway (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Østby-Kopstadlinna submitted by kenntha88 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Østby-Kopstadlinna submitted by kenntha88 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Østby-Kopstadlinna submitted by kenntha88 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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