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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Mølen
Country: Norway
NOTE: This site is 2.391 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Larvik  Nearest Village: Nevlunghavn
Latitude: 58.974171N  Longitude: 9.824266E
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
no data 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.
5 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
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Mølen submitted by kenntha88 : This beautiful cairn is the largest of the round cairns, it is around 30 metres across and has a very nice shape! (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairn in Norway

Located at the seaside in Brunlanes, a former municipality now part of Larvik, the site contain 16 large cairns (the 4 largest between 25 and 35 meters in diameter) and 192 smaller ones (between 1 and 1,5 meters in diameter).
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Mølen submitted by trylondm : Site in Norway (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Mølen submitted by trylondm (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Mølen submitted by kenntha88 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Mølen submitted by kenntha88 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Mølen submitted by kenntha88 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Mølen submitted by kenntha88

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Mølen submitted by kenntha88 : From left to right, a excavated oval cairn, the middle section of a long row of smaller cairns and the long cairn in the background.

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Mølen submitted by kenntha88 : this oval cairn has a depression in the middle from an earlyer excavation.

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Mølen submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Norway

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Mølen submitted by kenntha88

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Mølen submitted by kenntha88

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Mølen submitted by kenntha88 : This is the only long cairn on the site, it is around 30 metres in length, about 5 metres wide and 1,5 metres in height, its a beautiful long cairn!

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Mølen submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Norway

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Mølen submitted by kenntha88

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Mølen submitted by kenntha88 : Several long rows of smaller cairns from 1 to 1,5 m in diameter follows the ancient tidal line.

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Mølen submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Norway

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Mølen submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Norway

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Re: Mølen by Sleipner on Monday, 11 February 2019
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Here is a video (in English) about the cairns at Mølen:

https://youtu.be/LBYJoBmbdfo
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