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<< Our Photo Pages >> Haukenes - Ancient Village or Settlement in Norway in Nordland

Submitted by kenntha88 on Monday, 22 September 2014  Page Views: 814

Multi-periodSite Name: Haukenes
Country: 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:
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.
2 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
4

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Haukenes
Haukenes submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Nordland Norway (Vote or comment on this photo)
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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Haukenes
Haukenes submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Nordland Norway (Vote or comment on this photo)

Haukenes
Haukenes submitted by kenntha88 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Haukenes
Haukenes submitted by kenntha88 : The large foundation marking have just been cleared of forest (Vote or comment on this photo)

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