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<< Our Photo Pages >> Källsjö Passage Grave - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in Sweden in Halland

Submitted by Bjorn on Thursday, 17 May 2007  Page Views: 5234

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Källsjö Passage Grave
Country: Sweden
NOTE: This site is 11.83 km away from the location you searched for.

Landskap: Halland Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Varberg  Nearest Village: Källsjö
Latitude: 57.210000N  Longitude: 12.650000E
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
no data

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Källsjö Passage Grave
Källsjö Passage Grave submitted by Bjorn : This grave was used for multiple burials. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This passage grave (hällkista) is about 4000 years old. It's the longest of its kind in the county of Halland, 8 metres.

It was excavated at the end of the 19th century and also in 1974, but no objects were found.
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Källsjö Passage Grave
Källsjö Passage Grave submitted by Bjorn : Site in Halland (Vote or comment on this photo)

Källsjö Passage Grave
Källsjö Passage Grave submitted by Bjorn : Site in Halland (Vote or comment on this photo)

Källsjö Passage Grave
Källsjö Passage Grave submitted by Bjorn : Site as seen from the road. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Källsjö Passage Grave
Källsjö Passage Grave submitted by Bjorn : (Vote or comment on this photo)

Källsjö Passage Grave
Källsjö Passage Grave submitted by Bjorn

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Re: Källsjö Passage Grave by Bjorn on Sunday, 18 December 2011
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Correction 57.2260963, 12.6650047 - the best name for this site is Hultagraven. Källsjö is the nearest village.
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