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Multi-periodSite Name: Korkeamäki Giant's Church Alternative Name: Korkeamäki JätinkirkkoCountry: Finland
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Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Latitude: 63.250076N Longitude: 22.988035E
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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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 |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Stone Fort or Dun in Finland
Korkeamäki Giant’s Church 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 (CEA) state that Korkeamäki is located on the south side of the Haarusjärven and houses between 4 to 7 mounds of diameter 5-8 metres and 2 circular constructions, the first of which has a diameter of 16 metres, the second 16 x 10 metres. Further details can be found on the CEA record.
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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