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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: DjupedalsborgenCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 2.163 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Oppland Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Gjøvik Nearest Village: Kapp
Latitude: 60.711888N Longitude: 10.807098E
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 hillfort is different from a several typical hillforts as it is not located on a hill or rocky outcrop but rather in a flat landscape with a river valley separating it from the nearby landscape. The river that was once larger has sloopes around 20 metres in height and would be a natural barrier. The almost dry river valley is called Djupedalen, after which the fort takes its name.
An almost dry river with steep slopes down to the river surrounds the fort on 3 sides, to the east, north and west. The only flat ground access to the fort is from the south and this flat area separates the fort from the nearby fields by a ditch and a high rampart made of earth and stone.
The ditch is around 2 metres deep and the wall or rampart is 2-5 metres in height and from 2 to 4 metres wide with the ditch on the outer side to the south. They seem to have been made mostly of earth dug out from the ditch rather than stone walls. The fort has two access points or openings in the wall, one to the east and one to the west. The walls are mostly overgrown with trees and smaller brush but are still easy to follow. The fort is dated to around 400-500AD but has not been closely researched.
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