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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Rapola
Country: Finland
NOTE: This site is 48.627 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Hillfort

Latitude: 61.200000N  Longitude: 24.060000E
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
no data 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.
no data 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
no data
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Rapola
Rapola submitted by Eki1 : Rapola hillfort in Finland from the Viking era to the Crusade era (800AD to 1200AD). Coordinates 61.20N, 24.06E (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Finland

Rapola hillfort in Finland from the Viking era to the Crusade era (800AD to 1200AD). Coordinates 61.20N, 24.06E

Also an Iron Age grave and cup-marked rock in the vicinity.

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Rapola
Rapola submitted by Eki1 : A rock with cup marks from the iron age near Rapola hillfort in Finland. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Rapola
Rapola submitted by Eki1 : An iron age grave near the Rapola hillfort in Finland. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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