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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Högoms gravfält Alternative Name: Selånger 1:1Country: Sweden
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Landskap: Medelpad Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Sundsvall
Latitude: 62.401197N Longitude: 17.258500E
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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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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Barrow Cemetery in Medelpad. This Migration Period cemetery consists of 11 mounds, four of which are 30-40 m in diameter and 4-5 m high. The rest are much smaller: 5-15 m in diameter with a height of 0.3-2 m.
Excavations of three great and two small barrows were carried out in 1949-50, 1954, 1956, 1960 and 1984.
The excavation of the great mound #2 unearthed a chambered cairn with extraordinary rich finds: complete set of weapons, harness, different bronze, glass, ceramic and wooden vessels.
Other investigated great mounds #3 and #4 revealed house foundations beneath. The former contained cairn without burial. Under the mound's top a grave orb was found. Two cremation graves were discovered in the latter one.
A rune stone M 11 is also standing on the site.
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