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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Grøtte Standing Stone Alternative Name: GryttingCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 21.697 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Sør-Trøndelag Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Trondheim Nearest Village: Orkanger
Latitude: 63.264413N Longitude: 9.813452E
Condition:
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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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This standing stone has been removed in later years, the original placement has been lost, but today it is placed outside the church of Grøtte in Orkdal district, in a small garden outside the churchyard.
The ancient farm believed to have been here in the iron age is mentioned in the nordic sagas. The original name is Gryting, and some persons in the sagas is mentioned to be from this district.
In later years a memory sign in bronze have been placed at the foot of the stone, making the stone look like a modern memory stone, but it is a standing stone from the iron age. The plate mention the kings Harald fairhair and Olav Haraldsson.
The stone is about 4 metres tall, 1 metre wide at the base and ends in a sharp point on the top. It has previously broken in two parts, but have later been repaired.
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