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<< Our Photo Pages >> Håkon's Mound - Round Barrow(s) in Norway in Hordaland

Submitted by kenntha88 on Monday, 20 August 2012  Page Views: 1676

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Håkon's Mound Alternative Name: Seim
Country: Norway
NOTE: This site is 22.49 km away from the location you searched for.

Fylke: Hordaland Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Bergen  Nearest Village: Lindås
Latitude: 60.616001N  Longitude: 5.278480E
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
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 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
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Håkon's Mound
Håkon's Mound submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Hordaland Norway (Vote or comment on this photo)
Round Barrow(s) in Hordaland

This huge and very pretty round mound is called Håkonshaugen because the legend say King Håkon the good is buried here. This is highly speculative and cannot be proved, however the barrow is a very pretty example of a large round iron age barrow.

The mound is located on a grassy hillside with a very beautiful view over the fjord and the nearby islands. The terrain is steep and the tomb almost appear to have been built into the hillside.
It is around 35 metres wide and around 3-4 metres high. It has a very beautiful rounded shape! The grass growing around the barrow and the grass on top is regularly beeing cut short, making the mound very easy to see and to photograph!

When I visited this site it was raining heavily and it was very windy, I was soaked after 2 minutes of beeing out of my car!
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Håkon's Mound
Håkon's Mound submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Hordaland Norway (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Håkon's Mound
Håkon's Mound submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Hordaland Norway (Vote or comment on this photo)

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