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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Giske standing stoneCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 1.396 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Møre og Romsdal Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Ã…lesund Nearest Village: Giske
Latitude: 62.498948N Longitude: 6.050098E
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 |
0 | no data |
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Next to a farm building just north of the small Giske stone church is a small burial mound with a slender and pretty standing stone on top in the centre of the barrow.
The mound is around 10 metres across and around 0,5 metres in height, no excavations have been taking place here. The standing stone is around 2 metres in height and around 30-40cm wide. It has a smooth surface and a very pretty shape.
The mound is hard to see because of the high grass growing on top of it.
The site has a very pretty ocean view.
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