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<< Text Pages >> Mustosenkangas Giant's Church - Stone Fort or Dun in Finland

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Multi-periodSite Name: Mustosenkangas Giant''s Church Alternative Name: Mustosenkangas Jätinkirkko
Country: 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:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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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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