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Submitted by kenntha88 on Monday, 24 September 2012  Page Views: 1513

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Byrkjehaugen
Country: Norway
NOTE: This site is 12.917 km away from the location you searched for.

Fylke: Hordaland Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Voss
Latitude: 60.624163N  Longitude: 6.323061E
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
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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
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Byrkjehaugen submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Hordaland Norway (Vote or comment on this photo)
Round Barrow in Hordaland
Byrkjehaugen is a large round barrow located on a steep hill going south towards the river. The mound is between the highway to the south and the railway line to the north.

The mound is one of the largest barrows in western Norway. The original mound size was around 50 metres in diameter and 5 metres in height. Excavations in 1903 and railway and highway construction have damaged the mound in later years, so the dimensions today are around 37 metres in diameter and around 4 metres high.

The mound contained three burials that were all dated to around the age of migration (around 400AD). The upper grave was a male grave. The buried man was lying on bear skin. Under the male burial was the remains of a cremation burial of a woman, she was also packed in bear skin before cremation. The bottom burial was an unburned female burial. Parts of the bones were intact. Also found were bear skin and pieces of fabric. In all three burials were found parts of the same pottery, and there was little difference between the three burials. This has lead to the theory that the mound was a family burial mound used for several generations, instead of the more common burial where individuals were laid in individual barrows.
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Byrkjehaugen submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Hordaland Norway (Vote or comment on this photo)

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