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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ritland barrow cemeteryCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 5.975 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Rogaland Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Village: Sand
Latitude: 59.466202N Longitude: 6.422710E
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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The Iron age barrow cemetery at ritland with almost 50 barrows is the largest barrow cemetery in Rogaland county.
The cemetery is on a large grassy field just north of the river Suldalslågen.
The cemetery have been dated to have been in use from around 300AD to around 1000AD. In earlyer years there were several large barrow also a little to the north on both sides of the main road going west-east. Today there can be seen three large round barrows and one small barrow just next to the road but many have been lost in later years.
The barrows at the main cemetery is mostly round barrows, they range in size from 5 to 20 metres across and around 1-4 metres in height. Several barrows have very nice rounded shapes and look undisturbed. They are overgrown with short grass and only a few larger trees on and around the barrows, making them easy to see and photograph. Some of the barrows have larger trees growing on top of them.
On the lower natural sand terracee overlooking the river was found the remains of a circle-shaped settlement much similar with the one at Klauhauane in Sola. it was discovered in 1975.
Today the cemetery has been circled with electrical cattle fences. Unfortunately I was not able to get closer to the site and photograph each individual barrow, I had to stay out of the field and photograph on a distance. The barrows are easily visible on the photos, even no close-up photo was possible. Visitors should ask at the neighbour farms before crossing the electrical fence!
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