<< Our Photo Pages >> Røysene Cairns - Clava Cairn in Norway in Buskerud
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Røysene Cairns Alternative Name: RødtangenCountry: Norway Fylke: Buskerud Type: Clava Cairn
Nearest Town: Drammen Nearest Village: Rødtangen
Latitude: 59.536676N Longitude: 10.414588E
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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They have not been dated, but based on other cairns around the area, they are most probably from the bronze age or earlier iron age.
They are around 15-20m in diameter and from 2 to 3 metres in height. All of them have deep craters in the middle and inside the craters the stone coffins or burial chambers are visible.
The location has a beautiful view over the sea and a small path leads from the country road to the hilltop. Singposts have been placed to guide visitors to the cairns.
These type of cairns are usually called hill cairns because of their placement on small hills overlooking the sea. They are found everywhere along the coastline from the swedish border in the south to Finnmark in the north.
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