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Photo Pages: Jõelähtme - Barrow Cemetery in Estonia

Submitted by thecaptain on Saturday, 22 January 2005  Page Views: 5096
Megaliths in Scandinavia Site Name: Jõelähtme
Country: Estonia Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Tallinn Nearest Village: Jõelähtme
Latitude: 59.441000N  Longitude: 25.130000E
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.
 3 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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Jõelähtme submitted by thecaptain

Near the village of Jõelähtme, a few miles to the East of Tallinn, Estonia, is a group of excavated burial mounds. While building the new road, this graveyard was found and excavated, and it is now open to the public with its own little museum.

The mounds belong to the 9th-7th centuries BC. This was the late Bronze Age in Estonia as well as in Scandinavia. The dead were buried unburned and provided with modest grave goods: some bone and bronze artefacts. One man was accompanied by his dog. According to calculations the "graveyard" was used by a single family throughout several generations. Each generation created a new mound. The head of the family was buried in the central cist and the less important family members around him inside the stone circle. The slaves were probably buried elsewhere.
See http://www.muinas.ee/ecp/rebala/Muistised/Kalmed_ja_muuseum/stone_barrows_and_museum.html

Jõelähtme submitted by thecaptain
Jõelähtme burial mounds. A few miles to the East of Tallinn, Estonia

Jõelähtme submitted by thecaptain

Jõelähtme submitted by thecaptain

Jõelähtme submitted by thecaptain

Jõelähtme submitted by thecaptain
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