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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: ByrkjehaugenCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 18.989 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Hordaland Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Voss
Latitude: 60.624163N Longitude: 6.323061E
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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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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