<< Our Photo Pages >> Rauanveien - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Norway in Vestfold
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: RauanveienCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 1.914 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Vestfold Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Larvik
Latitude: 59.068989N Longitude: 10.081887E
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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This stone is located just next to the country road going north to south trough Kjønndal valley. Just to the north of it is the foundation of an old house, the house is long gone. Around the stone and on the other side of the wall is tight fir tree forests.
The stone has a rectangular cross-section. The stone is 2,10 metres in height, around 1 metre wide and around 20cm thick. The stone is wider at the top and the point ends in a semi circle.
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