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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ekeberg Stone SettingsCountry: Norway Fylke: Oslo Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Oslo
Latitude: 59.895458N Longitude: 10.768812E
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 |
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Stone Circle in Oslo
This site consists of a ship-shaped stone setting, a stone circle and around 10 round barrows and cairns dated to be from early to later iron age. It is close to the bronze age rock art site and both are located in a large public park area. Footpaths and signposts are built around the site.
The ship-shaped stone setting has been damaged during the second world war, the stone setting are in the shape of a ship with pointed ends. Today it consists of 10 stones from 0,3 to 0,5 metres in height and rounded in shape. Some of the stones have gone missing over the years and some have been replaced by new ones. The stones are quite small and the shape of the stone ship can be hard to observe.
The stone circle once consisted of 7 boulders placed in a ring, 3 of the boulders have been lost over the years and only four are left and forms a semi-circle. The boulders are from 1 to 1,2 metres in height and around 50 to 70cm wide. The circle has a diameter of around 10-12 metres and the space between the stones are around 2,5 metres.
The barrows have been quite damaged and most of them are located inside a very thick brush forest. They are varying in size from 15 to 5 metres in diameter and from 0,5 to 1 metre in height. Some of them have almost been destroyed. Two barrows are located inside a horse-pen and they are around 12 metres in diameter and from 1 to 1,5 metres in height. These two are easy to see as they are covered only in short grass and some leaf trees.
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