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Submitted by kenntha88 on Sunday, 25 November 2007  Page Views: 3376

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hemmestad
Country: Norway
NOTE: This site is 8.432 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Troms Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Harstad  Nearest Village: Borkenes
Latitude: 68.729082N  Longitude: 16.052055E
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.
 4 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.
 3 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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Hemmestad submitted by kenntha88 : This standing stone is really beautiful! It is tall and thin, and has not sunken down in the ground as many others! (Vote or comment on this photo)
In the middle of a huge grass meadow with a nice view over the fjord, stands a tall, slender and beautiful standing stone. The stone is about 2,5 metres tall, and about 0.3 m in width.


The site also consists of 10-20 small burial cairns. But most of them are plundered and almost completely destroyed by plundering and ploughing of the field. Originally there is said to have been two standing stones here, this one and another broader and shorter one, but with runic inscriptions! This stone has sadly been lost years ago.

I took some photos of the cairns too, but they can be really hard to see, and they look very messed up and the stones lies in a chaotic way. They are made up of mostly flat stones.

The standing stone is visible from very far away because of the flat terrain. It is also a very nice view over the sea and the mountains on the other side of the fjord.

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Hemmestad
Hemmestad submitted by kenntha88 : It is a beautiful view of the fjord and the mountains on the far side! (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hemmestad submitted by kenntha88 : This is the largest cairn, it doesn't look too impressive, but most of it is not visible because of the grass. A tree is standing close to the top. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hemmestad submitted by kenntha88 : This is the site of a small boat house, about 12 meters in length, but the depression is very hard to see. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hemmestad submitted by kenntha88 : This small piles of flat stones are barrow cairns, but they look very chaotic! (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hemmestad submitted by kenntha88 : The stone seen from the north. It was not possible to avoid the small fence, and the farm in the background is disturbing on the picture, but I wanted a shot from each direction.

Hemmestad
Hemmestad submitted by kenntha88 : The stone seen close up from the south.

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Re: Hemmestad by kenntha88 on Friday, 21 August 2009
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The correct coordinates are: Lat: 68.729082 Lon: 16.052055
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