<< Our Photo Pages >> Tangarhaug - Cairn in Norway in Rogaland
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tangarhaug Alternative Name: SeleCountry: Norway
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Fylke: Rogaland Type: Cairn
Nearest Village: Kleppe
Latitude: 58.818774N Longitude: 5.542259E
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 |
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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 |
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Cairn in Rogaland
The Tangarhaugen cairn is a huge beautiful barrow cairn located on top of a small natural terrace overlooking the open ocean to the west. The barrow is in a open grassy field and is visible for miles! It is a beautiful example of a bronze age burial cairn!
The cairn is 31 metres in diameter and around 5 metres in height. It has a very pretty round and pointy top. The cairn is overgrown with grass and moss and is more resembling a barrow but is indeed a cairn. A sailing mark for ships is located on top of the large mound, probably since it is so easily visible from the sea. A bunker complex was made during the second world war directly into the bedrock under the cairn. The concrete entrance is visible to the east of the cairn.
60 metres directly to the east of the Tangarhaugen cairn is another large round cairn. It is 28 metres in diameter and 3 metres in height. It has some moss growing on it, but some stones are still easily visible. The cairn is enclosed in a stone fence. The stone fence has been built very close to the edges of the cairn.
The barrow cairns has not been excavated but based on finds from other nearby cairn it is believed to be from the bronze age.
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