<< Our Photo Pages >> Högaberg - Barrow Cemetery in Sweden in Halland
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: HögabergCountry: Sweden Landskap: Halland Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Varberg Nearest Village: Grimeton kyrkbky
Latitude: 57.120386N Longitude: 12.434622E
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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In the northern part the graves are more modest. The dividing line between the two groups is an early hollow road which may have linked this site to the nearby cemetery at Broåsen, two kilometres to the west. The Högaberg cemetery goes back to the Early Iron Age, 500 BCE - 500 CE.
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