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<< Our Photo Pages >> Ketil's Mound - Long Barrow in Norway in Nord-Trøndelag

Submitted by kenntha88 on Thursday, 19 November 2009  Page Views: 3266

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ketil's Mound Alternative Name: Ramstad
Country: Norway
NOTE: This site is 28.258 km away from the location you searched for.

Fylke: Nord-Trøndelag Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Trondheim  Nearest Village: Kolvereid
Latitude: 64.748314N  Longitude: 11.240473E
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
5 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.
4 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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Ketil's Mound submitted by kenntha88 : Ketil's Mound (Vote or comment on this photo)
This mound is one of the most impressive round barrows I have seen! It is huge! It is located about 50 metres to the west of the main road leading south-west. It is located inside a small valley between two mountain ridges, one to the east and one to the west.

The mound is close by the hills up to the ridge to the west of the road. It is inside a grassy meadow with the edge of a small forest right next to the mound.

The mound is about 60 metres in length and about 30 metres across, and about 4-5 metres in height! It is called "Ketils Mound" in local traditions, naming it after a caracter in the old norse sagas, Ketil Høng. He was according to the sagas one of the first to emigrate to Iceland and settle there, but if the mound really was made for him is not very likely.

The road leading next to the mound was probably also a used road in the iron age, making everyone traveling here see this huge burial monument.
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Ketil's Mound
Ketil's Mound submitted by kenntha88 : This depression in the side of the mound is the only disturbance I could find in the mound done in later years. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ketil's Mound
Ketil's Mound submitted by kenntha88 : Ketil's Mound (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ketil's Mound
Ketil's Mound submitted by kenntha88 : This is the top of the mound. Some benches have been built in the middle of the top. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ketil's Mound
Ketil's Mound submitted by kenntha88 : Ketil's Mound (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ketil's Mound
Ketil's Mound submitted by kenntha88 : The long barrow is a impressive sight.

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