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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hjørungavåg standing stones Alternative Name: PilskogCountry: Norway
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Fylke: Møre og Romsdal Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Ulsteinvik Nearest Village: Hareid
Latitude: 62.350812N Longitude: 6.068530E
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 |
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Standing Stones in Møre og Romsdal
This site consists of two very nice shaped standing stones. The smallest is located inside a private garden with garden trees around it. The other one is located on a grassy hill next to the road crossing in a small village just some metres away from the road.
The smallest stone inside the garden is around 1,2 m in height, around 1 m wide and around 30cm thick. It has shape of a standing slab. It almost appears to have been sliced off. It is around 10 metres away from the house.
The largest stone is around 3 metres in height, around 50cm wide and around 20cm thick. It has also shape of a standing slab. The top of the stone is shaped like a point. It is standing straight and not tilting.
From the site there is a beautiful view over the small fjord called Hjørungavåg, it is the site of a semi-legendary battle between the Earls of Lade and a Danish invation fleet. it is doubtful however if the stones had anything with to do with the battle. To read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hj%C3%B6rungav%C3%A1gr
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