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<< Text Pages >> Grobina - Barrow Cemetery in Latvia

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Grobina
Country: 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:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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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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"Grobina" | Login/Create an Account | 3 News and Comments
  
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Re: Grobina by Slimer1987 on Wednesday, 25 July 2018
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Hello,
I typed in the GPS stated here for the Barrow Cemetery http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=28500
but when looking on street view, I dont see a cemetery. Coordinates maybe incorrect?

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Re: Grobina by Alta-Falisa on Monday, 23 February 2015
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The Scandinavian Settlement in Grobina, Latvia by Daniel Gunnarsson.
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