Featured: Friendly specialist tours to ancient, mystical and historical sites in the UK and beyond

Friendly specialist tours to ancient, mystical and historical sites in the UK and beyond

From Carnac to Callanish: Prehistoric Stone Rows, Aubrey Burl

From Carnac to Callanish: Prehistoric Stone Rows, Aubrey Burl

Who's Online

There are currently, 348 guests and 2 members online.

You are a guest. To join in, please register for free by clicking here

Sponsors

<< Our Photo Pages >> Sjo - Barrow Cemetery in Norway in Hordaland

Submitted by kenntha88 on Wednesday, 10 September 2014  Page Views: 1257

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Sjo Alternative Name: Larsstå
Country: Norway
NOTE: This site is 9.748 km away from the location you searched for.

Fylke: Hordaland Type: Barrow Cemetery

Latitude: 59.794405N  Longitude: 5.706110E
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.
5 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
4

Internal Links:
External Links:

Sjo
Sjo submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Hordaland Norway (Vote or comment on this photo)
Barrow Cemetery in Hordaland

The cemetery at Sjo was once a significant large barrow cemetery. There are written journals of around 70 different burial monuments. Today there are only some small part of it left. Most of the burials have been lost over the years mainly because of housing projects, farm activity and construction of roads.

The different objects consisted of round barrows, elongated barrows, burial cairns, cists, star-shaped cairns, square-shaped barrows and several standing stones. The site has been excavated several times over the years and both unburned and cremation burials have been excavated. One of the burials was a pot burial from around 350AD and a soapstone pot that laid upon a pile of burnt bones.

One barrow was a elongated barrow around 20 metres long and around 6 metres wide. It had a small standing stone in each of the four corners.

The monuments that is visible today is one huge round barrow around 25 metres in diameter and around 2,5 metres in height. It has a ring of huge stones around its edges. It is believed to be from the bronze age (around 1800-500BC.)

One three-pointed star-shaped burial cairn. The arms are around 10 metres in length and the centre is around 0,5 metres in height. It is located next to the impressive standing stone.

The standing stone is the most attractive monument in the site, it is around 6 metres in height, around 50cm wide at the base and around 30cm thick. It has a rounded top. It is visible for a long distance and is very beautiful!
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.


Källsjö Passage Grave
Källsjö Passage Grave submitted by Bjorn : Site in Halland (Vote or comment on this photo)

Källsjö Passage Grave
Källsjö Passage Grave submitted by Bjorn : Site in Halland (Vote or comment on this photo)

Källsjö Passage Grave
Källsjö Passage Grave submitted by Bjorn : This grave was used for multiple burials. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Källsjö Passage Grave
Källsjö Passage Grave submitted by Bjorn : Site as seen from the road. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sjörupstenen
Sjörupstenen submitted by CharcoalBurner89 : March 26, 2023 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sjörupstenen
Sjörupstenen submitted by CharcoalBurner89 : Closeup of the upper runes. March 26, 2023

Bjäresjöstenen 1
Bjäresjöstenen 1 submitted by CharcoalBurner89 : Closeup of the runes. March 26, 2023

Bjäresjöstenen 1
Bjäresjöstenen 1 submitted by CharcoalBurner89 : March 26, 2023

Sjonhem 16:1
Sjonhem 16:1 submitted by ShamrockStone : Site in Gotland Sweden

Husjordøya
Husjordøya submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Nordland Norway

Husjordøya
Husjordøya submitted by kenntha88

Husjordøya
Husjordøya submitted by kenntha88

Husjordøya
Husjordøya submitted by kenntha88

Husjordøya
Husjordøya submitted by kenntha88

Husjordøya
Husjordøya submitted by kenntha88

Husjordøya
Husjordøya submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Nordland Norway

Sjo
Sjo submitted by kenntha88 : Overview of the site. The vegetation should be cleared!

Sjo
Sjo submitted by kenntha88 : The stone must be over 6 metres in height. I hanged up my cam in a small branch and took this photo, its a big unfocused but it gives an idea of the height of the stone (I am 190cm)

Sjo
Sjo submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Hordaland Norway

Sjo
Sjo submitted by kenntha88

Sjo
Sjo submitted by kenntha88

Sjo
Sjo submitted by kenntha88 : The centre of the star shaped cairn is a little more elevated than the "arms".

Sjo
Sjo submitted by kenntha88 : The overgrown three-pointed star shaped cairn is not easy to see in the high grass.

Sjo
Sjo submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Hordaland Norway

These are just the first 25 photos of Sjo. If you log in with a free user account you will be able to see our entire collection.

Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive map of the area

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.


Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
 192m ENE 57° Moa Moa* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 13.4km SSW 205° Utbjoa* Cairn
 13.9km SSW 202° Bjoavågen* Carving
 19.4km SE 138° Gjerde standing stone* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 19.8km SE 133° Kyrkjehaugen* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 19.8km SE 132° Helgaberget Helleristninger* Rock Art
 21.6km N 357° Årbakkavollen cemetery* Barrow Cemetery
 21.7km SE 130° Grindheim Runestone* Carving
 21.7km SE 130° Grindheim stone cross* Ancient Cross
 23.5km N 5° Hamarhaug* Rock Art
 25.3km WNW 301° Rimsvarden* Cairn
 26.2km ESE 110° Bruteigsteinen* Rock Art
 27.4km NE 38° Modern Menhir at Kvinnherad Church* Modern Stone Circle etc
 27.9km SSE 165° Østabøstødl - Rabbadn* Barrow Cemetery
 30.0km NNW 342° Todneset* Cairn
 30.9km NNW 339° Spansteigen Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 34.5km SSE 161° Hundehaugene* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 39.9km S 188° Bautasteinene på Erland* Standing Stones
 40.0km N 351° Revhaugen Hordaland* Cairn
 40.2km N 351° Stølarøyso* Cairn
 40.4km N 350° Vinnes Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 40.4km N 351° Mattisbrekka* Rock Art
 40.5km N 351° Vollena-Stengsland* Cist
 40.6km N 352° Steingsland* Cist
 40.7km N 352° Varmeholo* Rock Art
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< Lamarsh

Kråkenes >>

Please add your thoughts on this site

Inside the Neolithic Mind: Consciousness, Cosmos and the Realm of the Gods

Inside the Neolithic Mind: Consciousness, Cosmos and the Realm of the Gods

Sponsors

Auto-Translation (Google)

Translate from English into:

"Sjo" | Login/Create an Account | 0 News and Comments
  
Go back to top of page    Comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
Your Name: Anonymous [ Register Now ]
Subject:


Add your comment or contribution to this page. Spam or offensive posts are deleted immediately, don't even bother

<<< What is five plus one as a number? (Please type the answer to this question in the little box on the left)
You can also embed videos and other things. For Youtube please copy and paste the 'embed code'.
For Google Street View please include Street View in the text.
Create a web link like this: <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk">This is a link</a>  

Allowed HTML is:
<p> <b> <i> <a> <img> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <tt> <li> <ol> <ul> <object> <param> <embed> <iframe>

We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.