<< Our Photo Pages >> Brensholmen iron age settlement - Ancient Village or Settlement in Norway in Troms
Submitted by kenntha88 on Sunday, 02 December 2007 Page Views: 3059
Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Brensholmen iron age settlementCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 24.404 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Troms Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Tromsø
Latitude: 69.604289N Longitude: 18.029852E
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 |
Internal Links:
External Links:
The Iron age settlement consists of the remains of four houses/structures with the depression marks clearly visible. There have been excavations at this site, and they showed signs of a farm from late iron age, almost early middle ages, but the settlement on the farm could also go back further in time.
Two of the houses are elongated in shape and look like longhouses from the Iron age.
There are also some scattered barrow cairns, they are small, about 3-6m in diameter, and low in height, and also some scattered barrows all around in the farm area. Since they are of the same age as the structures, I will write about them here, even if some of them are some distance away from the settlement. One larger barrow cairn is located on a small rigde overlooking the sea below, and has also a stone fence running just south of it.
Four medium-sized barrow mounds lie on a field some distance away, they are from 7-10m in diameter. It is also a small, but pretty standing stone almost down at the sea line about 1 kilometre away from the settlement, and also two remains of boat houses. I also see marks that indicate more barrows on the nearby fields, but they have sadly been ploughed away, and there have also been several more larger barrows nearby, and also some standing stones, but they have sadly been ploughed away or removed in the 50`s.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.
Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Click here to see more info for this site
Nearby sites
Click here to view sites on an interactive map of the areaKey: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed
Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)
To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.
Turn off the page maps and other distractions
Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
1.2km ENE 68° Brensholmen stone age settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement
2.3km ENE 58° Sandvik* Ancient Village or Settlement
2.8km N 1° Sommarøy* Ancient Village or Settlement
6.7km SSE 149° Buvika* Barrow Cemetery
11.5km SE 142° Greipstad* Ancient Village or Settlement
28.2km E 99° Skavberget* Rock Art
29.4km ENE 77° Håkøya* Ancient Village or Settlement
34.3km E 84° University Museum, Tromso* Museum
51.4km SW 230° Grunnfarnes Neolithic Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement
51.6km SW 230° Grunnfarnes Iron Age Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement
53.9km SE 141° Mårfjellskardet sacrificial site* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
60.8km ESE 122° Balsfjord rock carvings* Carving
65.1km E 89° Skarmunken* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
74.0km SE 124° Nordkjosbotn sacrificial site* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
74.2km SSW 212° Eidekjosen Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement
82.3km S 189° Andasteinen* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
90.0km SW 222° Bjarkøya Centre, the chieftain's farm* Ancient Village or Settlement
90.6km SW 222° Bjarkøya barrow cemetary* Barrow Cemetery
91.1km S 186° Lavangen* Barrow Cemetery
92.3km SW 222° Øyra* Barrow Cemetery
95.8km SW 216° Alvestad, Grytøya* Barrow Cemetery
96.7km SSW 202° Vik on Rolla* Carving
98.1km S 185° Spansdalen sacrificial site* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
99.4km SW 216° Bessebostad, Grytøya* Barrow Cemetery
99.6km SW 225° Grøtavær* Barrow Cemetery
View more nearby sites and additional images
We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.