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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Vikingnes Alternative Name: TangenCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 17.541 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Hordaland Type: Cairn
Nearest Village: Norheimsund
Latitude: 60.242835N Longitude: 6.151979E
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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Cairn in Hordaland
The Vikingnes area has several large and beautiful bronze age and iron age barrow cairns. When I visited the site I was able to find one huge and beautiful round cairn. This cairn is located close to an old hotel overlooking the sea. It has a very pretty shape and does not seems to have been disturbed.
The cairn is 18 metres in diameter and around 2 metres in height. It is partly overgrown with moss and surrounded by large trees. It is located on top of the edge of a ridge overlooking the sea. It is a steep fall to the south of the cairn and the cairn is at the edge of the cliff. It would have been a beautiful view over the Hardanger fjord without the trees blocking some of the view! This cairn and the other cairns to the west is believed to be from the bronze age, around 1800-1200BC.
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