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Multi-periodSite Name: Kierikki Keskus Alternative Name: Kierikkikangas Stone Age ExcavationsCountry: Finland
NOTE: This site is 161.329 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Village: Pahkalantie
Latitude: 65.359466N Longitude: 26.059570E
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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Ancient settlement northern banks of the river Iijoki dating to about 4000-3500 BCE. A wooden pathway to the Stone Age village goes through the site.
Excavations take place as well as stone age re-enactments.
Check Kierikki stone age centre. http://www.kierikki.fi/
or: http://www.kierikki.fi/sivu/en/kierikkikeskus/
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