<< Our Photo Pages >> Sommarøy - Ancient Village or Settlement in Norway in Troms
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Multi-periodSite Name: Sommarøy Alternative Name: HillesøyCountry: Norway Fylke: Troms Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Tromsø
Latitude: 69.629580N Longitude: 18.031569E
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 |
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The site consists of three medium sized burial mounds, about 10-12 metres across, but very low because of ploughing, about 0.5m tall, one is about 1m high.
There is also a perfectly preserved boat house site, about 13 metres in length, the mark and depression and wall "hills" are very easy to see.
There is also one more house site, a construction about 10 metres in length and 3 metres across.
Most of the sites are very easy to see because of the low vegetation. It is only grass cut short because of the camping area.
It is a beautifully view over the sea and a lot of small rocky islands, but the weather can be cold so far out to the sea.
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