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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: JättahögenCountry: Sweden Landskap: Halland Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Village: Väröbacka
Latitude: 57.254350N Longitude: 12.199770E
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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Barrow Cemetery in Halland
Site plaque: "This cemetery Jättahögen (the Giant Barrow) has been known for a long time and contains 10 barrows, 5 long barrows, 13 round stone settings and 12 upright stones. This cemetery was used during the Iron Age. Some of the graves may, however, have been built as early as the Bronze Age. Some 100 m to the south-west from the cemetery there is a large barrow from the Bronze Age."
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