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<< Our Photo Pages >> Jättahögen - Barrow Cemetery in Sweden in Halland

Submitted by Bjorn on Monday, 19 December 2011  Page Views: 2191

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Jättahögen
Country: Sweden Landskap: Halland Type: Barrow Cemetery
 Nearest Village: Väröbacka
Latitude: 57.254350N  Longitude: 12.199770E
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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.
4 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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Jättahögen
Jättahögen submitted by Bjorn : (Vote or comment on this photo)
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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Jättahögen
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Jättahögen
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Jättahögen
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 4.4km NE 36° Kadde högar* Cairn
 6.0km E 89° Veddige* Passage Grave
 10.9km S 170° Gamla Varberg* Cairn
 12.5km NW 322° Näsbrokrok rösen (cairns)* Cairn
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 18.8km SSE 168° Randens hög* Round Barrow(s)
 19.7km SE 136° Runeberg* Cairn
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 20.5km SE 136° Högaberg* Barrow Cemetery
 24.6km N 353° Gödestadsgraven* Passage Grave
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