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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Grinde Bautarsteinar, TysværCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 9.091 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Rogaland Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Haugesund Nearest Village: Aksdal
Latitude: 59.434722N Longitude: 5.460106E
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 |
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-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 |
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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 |
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lichen visited on 7th Feb 2018 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4
BruteNorse visited on 7th Feb 2018 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Raised stones in plow formation. Sadly, the site was ruined in recent times like so many others, owing to their current conjectural placement.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2 Ambience: 4 Access: 4.5
Seven standing stones in two upright rows, probably 1600-1700 years old (Stone Age). The stones are 1,8 - 4 metres high and 0,5 - 1,5 metres broad. The site was registered in 1919 and restored in 1952.
The site is situated north of Aksdal, in the county Rogaland.
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