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Modern SitesSite Name: Tranekær GalakseCountry: Denmark
NOTE: This site is 0.484 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Fyn, Langeland and Islands Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Svendborg Nearest Village: Tranekær
Latitude: 55.000080N Longitude: 10.852170E
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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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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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 |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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combuijs visited on 24th Jul 2015 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 5 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 4.5
Modern stone circle near the Tranekær Castle.
Galakse is a 12 by 15 meter sculptural work of art executed by Jan Axel Starup. It was inaugurated by the Danish Queen on 7th July 1985. Galakse is Danish for Galaxy. The monument consists of 27 boulders of varying sizes. The largest one weights 10 tons and was found in Tranekær.
You can find it on the parking place of the castle, along road 305.
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