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Submitted by Oskmey on Thursday, 26 September 2019  Page Views: 756

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kånna Högar
Country: Sweden
NOTE: This site is 56.383 km away from the location you searched for.

Landskap: Småland Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Ljungby  Nearest Village: Berghem
Latitude: 56.807092N  Longitude: 13.913224E
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.
5 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
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Kånna Högar
Kånna Högar submitted by Oskmey : Kånna Högar 2019 Site in Småland Sweden, Kånna Högar Image copyright: oskmey (Jara Sol), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Barrow Cemetery in Småland

Kånna högar is the biggest grave field in Kronobergs län with 291 archaeological remains. It consists of about 240 grave mounds of round and oval shape, 17 stone settings, standing stones and stone circles that belong to the Late Iron Age between 500-1050 AD.

There's also a runestone from 1822.

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Kånna Högar
Kånna Högar submitted by Oskmey : Kånna Högar 2019 Site in Småland Sweden; Kånna Högar Image copyright: oskmey (Jara Sol), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kånna Högar
Kånna Högar submitted by Oskmey : Kånna Högar 2019 Site in Småland Sweden, Kånna Högar Image copyright: oskmey (Jara Sol), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kånna Högar
Kånna Högar submitted by Oskmey : Runestone from 1822 at Kånna Högar 2019 runestone from 1822 at Kånna Högar Image copyright: oskmey (Jara Sol), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kånna Högar
Kånna Högar submitted by Oskmey : Kånna Högar 2019 Grave mound and standing stones Image copyright: oskmey (Jara Sol), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kånna Högar 2019
Kånna Högar 2019 submitted by Oskmey : Kånna Högar 2019 Kånna Högar aug 2019 Image copyright: oskmey (Jara Sol), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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 24.4km NNE 14° Toftaholms Gravfält* Barrow Cemetery
 25.2km NNE 14° Toftaholm Runesten* Carving
 50.0km NW 324° Smålandsstenar* Stone Circle
 54.6km NNW 329° Horshaga hällkista* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 57.0km WSW 257° Tolarpsgraven* Passage Grave
 60.9km WSW 242° Örelid* Standing Stones
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 70.2km W 275° Bostället* Cist
 70.6km SW 232° Lugnarohögen* Round Cairn
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 71.7km W 274° Getinge bautastenar* Standing Stones
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 72.0km W 277° Hagbards Galge* Standing Stones
 73.4km W 278° Särestad* Standing Stones
 73.4km W 278° Särestad gravfält* Standing Stones
 73.4km W 279° Hagbards kulle* Round Barrow(s)
 76.1km W 273° Klockstenarna Skeppssättning* Standing Stones
 76.3km W 279° Munkakyrkan* Stone Circle
 76.6km WSW 237° Båstad Gravfält* Barrow Cemetery
 76.8km WSW 237° Båstad Hög 2* Round Barrow(s)
 76.9km WSW 237° Båstad Hög 1* Round Barrow(s)
 77.3km WSW 237° Båstad Menhirs* Standing Stones
 77.7km WSW 238° Båstad Klinkehög* Round Barrow(s)
 87.1km WNW 289° Källekullen* Standing Stones
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