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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: GrobinaCountry: Latvia
NOTE: This site is 5.852 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Liepaja
Latitude: 56.531440N Longitude: 21.189730E
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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Barrow Cemetery in Latvia
Group of barrow cemeteries near Grobina belongs to the most important archaeological sites in Latvia. The barrows are dated for 5th - 13th century AC, but during the excavations in 1984-1989 burials of Neolithic Corded Ware culture were discovered underneath.
The most important group of barrows is located East from centre of Grobina, in Priedins. It includes hunderds of round barrows of 0,1 - 1,4 m height.
On the UNESCO World Heritage tentative list.
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