Featured: Ark of Secrets - Neolithic spirit alive in the Middle Ages

Ark of Secrets - Neolithic spirit alive in the Middle Ages

Random Image


Giants' Hills

Art as Metaphor: The Prehistoric Rock-art of Britain

Art as Metaphor: The Prehistoric Rock-art of Britain

Who's Online

There are currently, 290 guests and 0 members online.

You are a guest. To join in, please register for free by clicking here

Sponsors

<< Our Photo Pages >> Virik Skole - Cairn in Norway in Vestfold

Submitted by kenntha88 on Friday, 04 December 2015  Page Views: 1330

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Virik Skole
Country: Norway
NOTE: This site is 1.07 km away from the location you searched for.

Fylke: Vestfold Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Sandefjord
Latitude: 59.125557N  Longitude: 10.205612E
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.
2 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.
5 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

Internal Links:
External Links:

Virik Skole
Virik Skole submitted by kenntha88 : The reconstructed cairn. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairn in Vestfold

This site consists of one reconstructed burial cairn, one standing stone and one stone with cup marks. The cup marked stone looks like a standing stone but it was originally dug up when the stone cairn was excavated. The other standing stone had previously fallen over but has been restored.

The site is located in the schoolyard in the Virik school. Close to the standing stone there are some wooden benches and some playing apparatuses. The terrain around the site is only short cut grass and sand as schoolchildren plays around here daily. The cairn was excavated in the 1890s and the stone with the cup marks was found in the stone burial chamber. The cairn is 5 metres in diameter and 1,5 metres in height.

The standing stone is around 20 metres away from the cairn and is around 1.80 metres in height and around 40cm wide and 30cm thick. It has a rectangular cross section and a straight top. It is tilting a little to one side.

Just a metre from the cairn is a small stone slab. It is triangular in shape with a rounded top. It is 1,20metres in height and 85cm wide at the base and around 10-15cm thick. On one of the flat sides there is 8 cup markings. The cup marks have been painted red in later years. This stone originally belonged to the burial chamber in the cairn and next to the stone is a large tree.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.


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

Virik Skole
Virik Skole submitted by kenntha88 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Virik Skole
Virik Skole submitted by kenntha88 : The single standing stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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

Virik Skole
Virik Skole submitted by kenntha88 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Virik Skole
Virik Skole submitted by kenntha88 : Close up on the cup marks.

Virik Skole
Virik Skole submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Vestfold Norway

Virik Skole
Virik Skole submitted by kenntha88 : The stone slab with the cup marks looks more like a standing stone.

Virik Skole
Virik Skole submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Vestfold Norway

Virik Skole
Virik Skole submitted by kenntha88

Virik Skole
Virik Skole submitted by kenntha88

Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive map of the area

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.


Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
 2.1km NE 51° Sverstad* Carving
 2.2km NE 50° Sverstad Søndre* Rock Art
 2.7km WNW 298° Elgesem* Stone Circle
 2.8km WSW 242° Haugen Petroglyphs* Rock Art
 2.9km SW 223° Furustadlia* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 3.0km SW 215° Jåbergskogen* Stone Row / Alignment
 3.2km ENE 58° Gokstadhaugen* Round Barrow(s)
 3.5km NNE 19° Åbol* Barrow Cemetery
 3.7km SSW 209° Istrehågan - Skipssetningen* Stone Circle
 4.4km NNE 15° Hjertås hillfort* Hillfort
 5.0km NNE 24° Herre-Unneberg Hillfort* Hillfort
 5.3km NNE 22° Møllers Ring* Stone Circle
 5.5km NNE 20° Brekkeringen* Stone Circle
 7.1km SSW 192° Hosle standing stone* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 7.2km S 183° Øvre Kleppaker* Stone Circle
 7.3km SSW 201° Sandtra stone circle* Stone Circle
 8.1km SSW 202° Varil Vestre* Stone Circle
 8.3km W 260° Søndre Lunde* Barrow Cemetery
 8.4km NE 51° Frøsås Hillfort* Hillfort
 8.5km WSW 253° Skauen* Barrow Cemetery
 8.5km W 268° Hedrum Cemetery* Barrow Cemetery
 8.5km NNE 11° Fevang* Barrow Cemetery
 9.0km SW 226° Kjøndal Pagan Altar* Sculptured Stone
 9.5km SW 228° Rauanveien* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 9.7km SW 214° Tjøllingveien-Kongehaugen* Round Barrow(s)
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< Stein-Skarpsno

Castro de Mohías >>

Please add your thoughts on this site

Prehistoric houses at Sumburgh in Shetland

Prehistoric houses at Sumburgh in Shetland

Sponsors

Auto-Translation (Google)

Translate from English into:

"Virik Skole" | Login/Create an Account | 0 News and Comments
  
Go back to top of page    Comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
Your Name: Anonymous [ Register Now ]
Subject:


Add your comment or contribution to this page. Spam or offensive posts are deleted immediately, don't even bother

<<< What is five plus one as a number? (Please type the answer to this question in the little box on the left)
You can also embed videos and other things. For Youtube please copy and paste the 'embed code'.
For Google Street View please include Street View in the text.
Create a web link like this: <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk">This is a link</a>  

Allowed HTML is:
<p> <b> <i> <a> <img> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <tt> <li> <ol> <ul> <object> <param> <embed> <iframe>

We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.