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<< Our Photo Pages >> Grøttingsvollen - Barrow Cemetery in Norway in Nordland

Submitted by kenntha88 on Saturday, 07 October 2023  Page Views: 128

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Grøttingsvollen
Country: Norway
NOTE: This site is 12.459 km away from the location you searched for.

Fylke: Nordland Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Svolvær  Nearest Village: Vestpollen
Latitude: 68.328869N  Longitude: 14.760526E
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
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Grøttingsvollen
Grøttingsvollen submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Nordland Norway (Vote or comment on this photo)
The area Grøttingsvollen in Vestpollen Lofoten has several small burial cairns. The cairns are in two groups, one northern consisting of 3 cairns, the other just 20 metres to the south consists of 5 cairns.

The area doesn't have much vegetation except moss and short grass but even with the low vegetation some of the smaller cairns can be difficult to see. A footpath leads from a small local road to the cemetery.

One cairn is constructed around a big stone boulder with a diameter of 3 metres. The cairn extends 2 metres around the boulder but most of the stones have been removed and scattered around making the original shape very difficult to see. The clearest cairn in this area just to the east of the boulder is a 11 metre wide and 1 metre high cairn with a typical crater in the middle.

One cairn on the southern group is 11 metres in diameter and 70cm in height. A small stone fence crosses over the cairn and probably built of stones from the cairn. The rest of the cairns in the cemetery are small, from 2 to 5 metres in height and most are totally overgrown with moss and they can be very difficult to make out.
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Grøttingsvollen
Grøttingsvollen submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Nordland Norway (Vote or comment on this photo)

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

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

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

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Grøttingsvollen submitted by kenntha88

Grøttingsvollen
Grøttingsvollen submitted by kenntha88

Grøttingsvollen
Grøttingsvollen submitted by kenntha88

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