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<< Our Photo Pages >> Hästevadet - Stone Circle in Sweden in Västergötland

Submitted by greywether on Thursday, 18 August 2005  Page Views: 10075

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hästevadet Alternative Name: Västra Tunhem
Country: Sweden
NOTE: This site is 5.039 km away from the location you searched for.

Landskap: Västergötland Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Vänersborg  Nearest Village: Hästevadet
Latitude: 58.351572N  Longitude: 12.415966E
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 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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Hästevadet submitted by greywether : The 8-stone dommaring. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Stone Circle in Västergötland

An eight-stone iron age dommaring sitting on a flat-topped motte-like mound.
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Re: Hästevadet by folkvisor on Friday, 12 September 2014
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Hi

This stone circle is in Vänersborg and easily seen and reached from a main road.

Dave
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Re: Hästevadet by Anonymous on Friday, 08 May 2009
Condition: 4; Very good shape.
Ambience: 5;Center of vikings/norfolks in Sweden, at mountain Halleberg, traditionally to be the Valhalla of Oden, Tor, Balder, Frej,... confirmed largest ancient "peoples fortress" in Scandinavia.
Access: 4; Very easy, no charge, easy parking, not crowded
Accuracy: 0 Unable to confirm. Closest town is Vänersborg, not Trollhättan.
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Re: Hästevadet by Anonymous on Friday, 08 May 2009
Easy access, no charge, always "open". Within a 1-200 meters is a "ättestupa", a 100+ feet vertical wall of the nearby mountain "Halleberg" were the old and "useless" norfolks traditionally jumped unto death to avoid the embarrasing sick-bed death.
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