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Multi-periodSite Name: Miehenneva Giant's Church Alternative Name: Miehenneva JätinkirkkoCountry: Finland
NOTE: This site is 164.856 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Latitude: 64.653480N Longitude: 24.326250E
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 |
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Stone Fort or Dun in Finland
Miehenneva Giant’s Church in the Alavieska region is one of around 50 Neolithic stone structures found only in Ostrobothnia in Western Finland. Dated as Stone Age, all Giant's Church structures are recorded as having been built between 2,500 and 2,000 BC.
The official records for the Cultural Environment Agency state that Miehenneva is roughly rectangular in shape with measurements varying between 34-26-30metres by 28 metres, with a width of 2 to 4 metres. The height of the walls is stated to be between 0.5 to 10 metres (the latter in the north-east of the site) with openings. The records state the placement of the stones" isn't natural, but have been placed by man".
For further information and comment see our news article "an introduction to the Giant's Churches of Finland."
(Thanks to Martti Lahti in Finland for the information, although apologies for any errors in translation).
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