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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kaffihaugen-OspehaugenCountry: Norway
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Fylke: Sogn og Fjordane Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Village: Aurlandsvangen
Latitude: 60.902157N Longitude: 7.204874E
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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In the beautiful small village of Aurlandsvangen have several round barrows, these two are the ones most to the east. They consists of two beautiful and monumental round barrows. They are both in a grassy field just close to some modern houses.
The largest barrow is called "Kaffihaugen" or "The coffe barrow" for some reason. It is 30 metres in diameter and 4 metres in height. It is overgrown only with short grass and some few larger trees. It is easily visible in the terrain. A footpath passes just next to the barrow. The barrow was excavated in 1830 and a stone coffin consisting of large slabs of rocks were found but it was no findings inside the coffin and the barrow was restored afterwards. Both barrows are just next to the small road passing trough the field.
The slightly smaller barrow is called "Ospehaugen". It is 20 metres in diameter and 2,5 metres in height. It is also overgrown only with short vegetation and some larger trees and is easily visible. Kulturminnesøk mention it was a third barrow around 17 metres in diameter and 2 metres in height that was excavated and never restored but no findings are known.
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