<< Our Photo Pages >> Blå Bör - Chambered Cairn in Sweden in Öland
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Blå Bör Alternative Name: RAÄ Borgholm 19:1Country: Sweden Landskap: Öland Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Borgholm Nearest Village: Borgholm
Latitude: 56.880830N Longitude: 16.682140E
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 |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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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 |
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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 |
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In the eastern outskirt of Borgholm city, a large (36m diameter) black cairn lies in a wood in a residential area. Blå Bör means "blue tube". Well signposted.
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