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Multi-periodSite Name: Vega, Stone Age island Alternative Name: HestvikaCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 97.415 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Nordland Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Gladstad Nearest Village: Vika
Latitude: 65.675271N Longitude: 11.964720E
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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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
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| 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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43559959 visited on 29th Jul 2006 - their rating: Cond: 1 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Vega, interesting Mesolithic sites.
People lived here 7.500 BC in the far north. The environment was quite different though. The sea level was 60m higher than the present. One large island was reduced to one island a fifth of the size of the present and another quite small maybee a tenth the area of today were the settlements have been identified.
Five sites have been identified. Presently located well inland, but located next to the sea at the time they were in use. A path has been created between them with ifo boards recounting the facinating story of a bygone age long ago in this coastal island far in the north
It is not much solid matter to put your teeth into, but the scenery,the storyboards at each site, the seabirds and view gets you into a mood to take in the history embedded in this area.
Vega, interesting Mesolithic sites.
People lived here 7,500 BC in the far north. The environment was quite different though. The sea level was 60m higher than at present. One large island was reduced to one island a fifth of the size of the present and another quite small maybe a tenth the area of today were the settlements have been identified.
Five sites have been identified. Presently located well inland, but located next to the sea at the time they were in use. A path has been created between them with information boards recounting the fascinating story of a bygone age long ago in this coastal island far in the north
1. Hammaran: House foundations from about 3500 BC
2. The Natural Harbour in Mesolithic times
3. The Hunting Ground 1, "Middagskarheia 1",Traces of dwelling from 7600 BC
4. The Hunting Ground 2, "Middagskarheia 1",Traces of dwelling from 6500 BC
5. Looted grave area from the iron Ige
6. "Åkvikskaret" Dwelling from 3500 BC
It is not much solid matter to put your teeth into, but the scenery, the storyboards at each site, the seabirds and view gets you into a mood to take in the history embedded in this area.
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