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Natural PlacesSite Name: Steinsjordene sacrificial marshCountry: Norway
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Fylke: Telemark Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Larvik Nearest Village: Bamble
Latitude: 59.004765N Longitude: 9.655437E
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 |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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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 |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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Natural Feature in Telemark
This flat, grassy field that once was a swampy area, is believed to have been a marsh in ancient times. Here there has been found a lot of artefacts from the stone age and up to the bronze age. It had not been used for agriculture until the 1700s.
Among the finds in the field were two very large flint axes, they were too large to have been for human use. It is believed they had been made to be a sacrifice to ancient gods. They are believed to be around 5000 years old. Several other flint blades have also been found in this once marshy area.
A number of charcoal pits have been found just next to the marsh. It is not known, however, what these pits have been used for. In the bottom of the pits was found a large quantity of charcoal.
Close to the narrow country road is a round barrow. It is around 18 metres in diameter and around 2 metres in height. It is locally called "Eikehaugen" (the oak mound) because of a large oak tree growing on top. It has never been excavated.
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