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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Alnestrøya standing stoneCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 2.571 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Møre og Romsdal Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Ålesund Nearest Village: Alnes
Latitude: 62.485582N Longitude: 5.973043E
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 |
0 | No data. |
-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 |
0 | No data. |
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 |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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This pretty standing stone is located at the edge of a natural terrace overlooking the small village of Alnes, on the outer side of Godøya Island. From this ridge it is a beautiful view over the north sea.
It is inside a private garden, very close to a fence of a sheep pen and only about 5 metres from a private house.
The stone is around 2 metres in height, around 50cm wide and around 20cm thick. It is tilting a little to one side.
Just close to the stone, around 10 metres to the west, is a very pretty long barrow, it is around 20 metres long, around 5 metres wide and about 0,5 metres in height.
The site is overgrown with short grass with some longer grass growing around the edges of the sheep pen. It is a very windy spot, with strong winds coming from the open sea in the west.
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