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<< Text Pages >> Askum 402:1 Hällkista - Cist in Sweden in Bohuslän

Submitted by Martin_L on Thursday, 30 September 2010  Page Views: 3128

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Askum 402:1 Hällkista
Country: Sweden
NOTE: This site is 9.236 km away from the location you searched for.

Landskap: Bohuslän Type: Cist

Latitude: 58.418400N  Longitude: 11.253130E
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
1 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.
3 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
4

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Stone cist (Hällkista) described and examined by Ekhoff in 1886.

According to later examinations it now is largely destroyed, as the 7 megalithic slabs became incorporated in the building of a potato store/cellar probably in the beginning of the 20th century.

Reference:
Inventering RAÄ Askum 402:1, Lantmäteriet Gröna Kartan, Topografiska Kartan 1:50.000
Ekhoff, E. in: "Bidrag tillkänedom om Göteborgs och Bohusläns fornminnen och historia", Part 3, 1886, p. 473, site 28
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