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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær
Country: 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:
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
3 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
2

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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

Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær
Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær submitted by kenntha88 : (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stones in Norway

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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Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær
Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær submitted by lichen : Bautasteiner in Grinde is an Iron Age (300-400 AD) site that has been reconstructed. Only one of the seven stones was in it’s original location when it was registered in 1919. The six others were taken to use in a bridge material and later returned. The memorial was restored in 1952 by Jan Petersen. The eastern stones are possibly in their original location, but it's uncertain if the northern st... (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær
Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Rogaland Norway (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær
Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær submitted by kenntha88 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær
Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær submitted by kenntha88 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær
Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær submitted by kenntha88

Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær
Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær submitted by kenntha88

Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær
Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær submitted by kenntha88

Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær
Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær submitted by kenntha88

Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær
Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær submitted by kenntha88

Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær
Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær submitted by kenntha88

Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær
Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær submitted by kenntha88

Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær
Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær submitted by kenntha88

Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær
Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær submitted by kenntha88

Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær
Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær submitted by kenntha88

Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær
Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær submitted by kenntha88

Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær
Grinde Bautarsteinar, Tysvær submitted by kenntha88

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