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Multi-periodSite Name: Storbacken Giant's Church Alternative Name: Storbacken JätinkirkkoCountry: Finland
NOTE: This site is 79.173 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Latitude: 63.476421N Longitude: 23.308312E
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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Stone Fort or Dunn in Finland
Storbacken Giant’s Church in the Evijärvi region 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 from the Cultural Environment Agency for Storbacken state that "this stone structure is located to the east of Abrforsin bridge, 600 metres from the river .... there are three elongated ramparts ... of a size about 15 to 20 by 15 x 25 metres." The Ridderstad and Okkenen's papers say the site is 30 metres by 20 and also states that this site is the southernmost of the Giant's Churches and is aligned to "Vappu (May day) sunrise."
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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