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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Vellane standing stoneCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 10.544 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Sogn og Fjordane Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Village: Stryn
Latitude: 61.906424N Longitude: 6.734051E
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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Standing Stone (Menhir) in Sogn og Fjordane
This beautiful slender standing stone is located 10 metres south of the highway going east-west through the small village of Stryn.
It is a beautiful standing stone, it is around 3.5m in height and is around 30 cm wide. It has a square-shaped cross-section. It is tilting slightly to one side. It is standing in a grassy field overlooking the river to the south.
Unfortunately when I visited the site there was some road works going on nearby and they had used the stone as a temporary pole for a power cable! It disturbs some of the great ambience of the site with view towards the nearby mountains and the river. The stone is visible from a distance.
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