<< Our Photo Pages >> Tilrem Cairn - Cairn in Norway in Nordland
Submitted by kenntha88 on Sunday, 25 October 2009 Page Views: 2220
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tilrem Cairn Alternative Name: LundehågjenCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 5.901 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Nordland Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Bodø Nearest Village: Brønnøysund
Latitude: 65.523575N Longitude: 12.272329E
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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The cairn is formed as a star with 3 arms, each of the arms is about 15 metres long from the center to the point. one of them is pointing to the north. In the middle of the cairn is four larger stones placed to form a rectangle. Each of the stones are pointing to each compass direction. A phallus-shaped rock was also found near the center of the cairn, and also a female fertility symbol, making some suggest it also had a ritual meaning. Or maybe someone was buried in this cairn and the burial monument was later used as ritualistic activities.
About 10 metres away from the star shaped cairn, it was a huge round burial cairn, about 30 metres across, and about 2 metres tall, this cairn was excavated and removed many years ago.
Since the cairn is located on top of a small natural hill it is difficult to get a good photograph of the whole cairn. Grass grows inside the carin, so I had to focus the cam on those small places where the rocks are bare.
The site is located in a beautiful landscape with a beautiful view over the sea and the pointy mountains to the east.
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