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

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

Latitude: 63.652510N  Longitude: 25.389348E
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
2 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
5

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Stone Fort or Dun in Finland

Jätinlinna Giant's Church in the Haapajärvi 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 state that Jätinlinna is "location-based only .... placed by steep cliff walls ... the area is hard to reach ... and was located only in 1992".

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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