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<< Our Photo Pages >> Aspa Standing Stones - Standing Stones in Norway in Møre og Romsdal

Submitted by kenntha88 on Thursday, 12 November 2009  Page Views: 3844

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Aspa Standing Stones Alternative Name: Kongsvoll
Country: Norway
NOTE: This site is 2.5 km away from the location you searched for.

Fylke: Møre og Romsdal Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Kristiansund  Nearest Village: Halsa
Latitude: 63.014497N  Longitude: 7.900844E
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
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 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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Aspa Standing Stones
Aspa Standing Stones submitted by kenntha88 : This is the tallest stone in the middle of the grassy field, it is massive! (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stones in Norway

This site consists of three beautiful large standing stones, three smaller barrow mounds and a large burial cairn on the island of Aspa high above the Freifjord.

The two largest standing stones is located on the bottom of a large ravine running northeast-southwest with a flat grassy field in the bottom of the ravine. The largest stone is in the middle of this field, and the second largest to the southwest edge, just below some steep hills. On on of the hills, on a small and flat plateau is a large burial cairn.
The third stone and three long barrows and one round barrow is on the top of the west part of the ravine alone a country road leading to some homes. They are located inside a grazing field for cows. The standing stone is inside a horse fence with electrical fences so I didnt dare go inside this fence, I had to photograph at some distance.
This site has originally contained two more standing stones, more barrows and a housing foundation. Sadly these artifacts have been erased in modern times by farming activity.

The tallest standing stone is almost 6 metres in height and about 40-50cm wide. It has a very nice rounded shape, almost oval across and looks like a column. It is tilting a little.
The second largest stone is about 1,7 metres tall, about 40cm wide and have a triangular cross-section. It is just below the hills of the ravine to the south-west.
The third stone is about 1.5 metres in height and about 50cm wide, it is shaped as a long and thin slab. It was impossible to come close enough for a good photo.
The cairn in the edge of the ravine is about 20 metres across and about 0,5 metres in height.
Along the country road to the west of the site, on top of the ridge is three barrow mounds, two elongated ones and one round. They are about 10-12 metres in length and about 1-2 metres high.

The site has a very beautiful view over the Freifjord and the neighbor islands and mountains.

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Aspa Standing Stones
Aspa Standing Stones submitted by kenntha88 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Aspa Standing Stones
Aspa Standing Stones submitted by kenntha88 : The other long barrow on top of the ridge. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Aspa Standing Stones
Aspa Standing Stones submitted by kenntha88 : A round barrow next to the road. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Aspa Standing Stones
Aspa Standing Stones submitted by kenntha88 : One of the long barrows on top of the ridge. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Aspa Standing Stones
Aspa Standing Stones submitted by kenntha88 : The burial cairn with the standing stone in the background. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Aspa Standing Stones
Aspa Standing Stones submitted by kenntha88 : This is the smallest stone photographed from a distance. As you can see in the picture, it was raining heavily!

Aspa Standing Stones
Aspa Standing Stones submitted by kenntha88 :

Aspa Standing Stones
Aspa Standing Stones submitted by kenntha88

Aspa Standing Stones
Aspa Standing Stones submitted by kenntha88 : The second largest stone is tilting a little. The largest stone in the background.

Aspa Standing Stones
Aspa Standing Stones submitted by kenntha88 : This is the second largest standing stone. It is in the edge of the field, under the hills. In the background is the burial cairn.

Aspa Standing Stones
Aspa Standing Stones submitted by kenntha88 :

Aspa Standing Stones
Aspa Standing Stones submitted by kenntha88

Aspa Standing Stones
Aspa Standing Stones submitted by kenntha88

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