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<< Our Photo Pages >> Korkeamäki Giant's Church - Stone Fort or Dun in Finland

Submitted by Anne T on Wednesday, 13 April 2016  Page Views: 1920

Multi-periodSite Name: Korkeamäki Giant's Church Alternative Name: Korkeamäki Jätinkirkko
Country: Finland
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Type: Stone Fort or Dun

Latitude: 63.250076N  Longitude: 22.988035E
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
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5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
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Korkeamäki Giant's Church
Korkeamäki Giant's Church submitted by Anne T : Giant's Church, submitted on behalf of Martti Lahti from Finland. Photograph taken in spring 2017. Martti says there are port moorings visible as this structure was originally at sea level when it was built. (Vote or comment on this photo)
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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