<< Our Photo Pages >> Greipstad - Ancient Village or Settlement in Norway
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Multi-periodSite Name: GreipstadCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 14.413 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Tromsø
Latitude: 69.522074N Longitude: 18.210526E
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 |
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Just as the site in Lavangen, this has also a typical location on a grassy plateau with a beautiful view of the sea and also the open ocean to the west. It has also access to the mountains through a small valley behind the settlement.
This is a very well-preserved site of an iron age settlement, and is very interesting!
It consists of a large house that was excavated in the 80's, and sites of three more structures with the depressions still visible. It has also three larger mounds (sadly they were removed), one large burial cairn by the sea, and 7-8 smaller cairns, stone fences and some boat houses.
The nature and the view is beautiful from this place with the mountains in the background and the sea below!
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