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<< Our Photo Pages >> Ogmundrøysa - Cairn in Norway in Vest-Agder

Submitted by kenntha88 on Thursday, 05 November 2015  Page Views: 868

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ogmundrøysa
Country: Norway Fylke: Vest-Agder Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Farsund  Nearest Village: Lista
Latitude: 58.117499N  Longitude: 6.561606E
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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
0No data.
4 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
0no data
4

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Ogmundrøysa submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Vest-Agder Norway (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairn in Vest-Agder

The obmundrøysa cairn is located on a small hilltop in a rocky coastal landscape. The area is more or less flat and the cairn can be seen from a long distance despite the damage.

The cairn is 23 metres in diameter and around 1 metre in height. The outer stones are a little larger than the ones inside and they make up a clear round shape. The inside of the cairn is destroyed and some grass is growing in the middle so the cairn today looks more like a crater than a cairn. Close to the cairn there are other remains of stone heaps that could be remains from cairns. Traditions say that there was once 14 cairns oriented on a line going east to west but no remains of the other cairns can be seen today.

The name Ogmundrøysa comes from a runestone called Skollvoll runestone that is believed to have been once located in this cairn but later removed and used as a bridge over a small river. The inscription was interpreted to mean "Rannveig erected this stone in memory of Ogmund Ravnsoon, her husband. Skog carved these runes." I could not find more information about where this runestone is located today.


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Ogmundrøysa submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Vest-Agder Norway (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Ogmundrøysa submitted by kenntha88 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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