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Submitted by kenntha88 on Wednesday, 11 November 2009 Page Views: 3014
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Alstahaug Mound Alternative Name: KongshaugenCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 11.747 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Nordland Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Sandnessjøen Nearest Village: Alstahaug
Latitude: 65.881555N Longitude: 12.390261E
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 |
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This site consist of a huge burial mound from the iron age. It is located on the south tip of a strip of land going out into the sea. The area around and the mound is covered in small leaf-tree forest.
The mound is slightly oval in shape, about 40 metres in lenth, about 30 metres side, and about 3-4 metres in height. In its original state, the mound have probably been 1-2 metres taller. On the top of the mound is a huge crater with smooth sides running almost to the bottom of the mound. The mound have obviously been plundered in later or earlier times. In the bottom of the crater is a large heap of stones and stones have been scattered around the edge of the crater.
The is covered in smaller trees and can be hard to photograph as a whole, but I was able to get some good photos of the edges and the crater in the middle. A huge stone slab is in the craters western edge. Possible it has been used as a lid for the burial chamber.
It can be hard to reach because of the long walk to the location and the difficult and thick forest. Going down to the sea and follow the shore-line to the south is the easiest way to get there.
Locally, the mound is called "The Kings mound" a name also given to several other large mounds, for example the burial mounds on Bertnem, Namdalen.
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