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<< Our Photo Pages >> Spellemannshaugen - Round Barrow(s) in Norway in Vestfold

Submitted by kenntha88 on Wednesday, 27 September 2017  Page Views: 964

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Spellemannshaugen Alternative Name: Kjellervenda
Country: Norway
NOTE: This site is 3.286 km away from the location you searched for.

Fylke: Vestfold Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Horten
Latitude: 59.379552N  Longitude: 10.466924E
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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
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CharcoalBurner89 visited on 18th Aug 2023 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Luckily managed to get to the tumulus during the Midgardsblot festival as the farmer had just harvested the field. Stands apart from the larger burial ground and is also of considerable size.

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Spellemannshaugen submitted by kenntha88 : Spellemannshaugen (Vote or comment on this photo)
Round Barrow(s) in Vestfold

This beautiful round barrow is very close to the well known barrow cemetery at Borre but I put this in a separate site category since it is some distance away and have a slightly different history than the others at Borre.

The barrow is in the middle of a grassy field and visible from far away. It is covered only with grass and some larger trees. It was once a shed on top but this has been removed in later years but making the top seem a bit flattened. The barrow is 30 metres in diameter and around 3 metres in height.

The name "Spellemannshaugen" means "the fiddlers barrow" since people in the old days thought they heard violin music coming from the barrow in the late evenings and nights and this was according to some sources the reason why it was not made a part of the Borre park.
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Spellemannshaugen submitted by CharcoalBurner89 : August 18, 2023 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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