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Multi-periodSite Name: Mustosenkangas Giant''s Church Alternative Name: Mustosenkangas JätinkirkkoCountry: Finland
NOTE: This site is 21.41 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Nearest Town: Raahe Nearest Village: Tikkaperä
Latitude: 64.745224N Longitude: 25.221740E
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 |
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Stone Fort or Dun in Finland
Mustosenkangas is listed as one of seven structures thought to be a Giant's Church stone age structure, but not yet confirmed as one. Sited in the Liminka region, it is one of around 50 Neolithic stone structures found only in Ostrobothnia in Western Finland.
The official records for the Cultural Environment Agency state that this site sits on the highest point in the area, is rectangular and measures 15 x 27 metres. Two walls in the north-west are around 20 cms high and nearby is a 3 metre diameter pit (or mound- query translation).
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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