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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kurhany Chełm-Borek Alternative Name: Chełm-Borek Barrow CemeteryCountry: Poland
NOTE: This site is 4.819 km away from the location you searched for.
Voivodeship: Lubelskie Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Chełm
Latitude: 51.113650N Longitude: 23.496320E
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 Lubelskie
A large barrow cemetery is located in the Borek forest, between the city of Chełm and the village of Strupin Mały. The round barrows, dated for early medieval period, are located in three sites:
Group 1 includes two round barrows.
Group 2 is the largest one, it covers the area of over 2ha and includes 30-40 round barrows.
Group 3 includes 14 round barrows.
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