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Multi-periodSite Name: Fornholz GrabhügelCountry: Switzerland
NOTE: This site is 4.261 km away from the location you searched for.
Canton: Aargau Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Lenzburg Nearest Village: Seon
Latitude: 47.354103N Longitude: 8.155947E
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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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 |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Seven graves were discovered in this burial site in Switzerland. Five cremations and two for inhumation (body) burials. The stone walls separating the individual tombs are typical of the middle to late Bronze Age (ca. 1500-1200 BC). Also, in the older Iron Age (Hallstatt period) between 700 and 500 BC, the dead were buried there. Clay vessels, bronze jewellery, Gagat arm rings and spearheads are typical of this era.
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