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Multi-periodSite Name: HaukenesCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 2.779 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Nordland Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Sortland Nearest Village: Stokmarknes
Latitude: 68.602915N Longitude: 15.058179E
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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Ancient Village or Settlement in Nordland
This settlement consists of three housing remains, 16 barrow cairns and a large unknown number of charcoal pits. The site has not been dated, but it believed to be from the early to middle iron age, around the migration period. The site is inside a birch tree forest with the forest ground vegetation only consisting of short grass.
When I visited the site I could find the largest housing remains, and the second largest. It is around 25 metres long and around 6-7 metres wide. It is visible as a depression in the ground with two elonated mounds following either side. It has just recently been cleared of forest.
The other housing remains is around 15 metres and around 4 metres wide. It is less visible than the largest.
I could find one of the barrow cairns. It is around 6 metres wide and around 1 metre in height. It has a nice shape with a small depression on top.
All the site is inside a fence and drenation ditches and small footpaths are crossing the site in almost every direction. Only parts of the site has been cleared of forest and probably several more artifacts, like the small cairns are probably inside the uncleared area.
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