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<< Our Photo Pages >> Hallstatt-Dachstein - Barrow Cemetery in Austria

Submitted by AlexHunger on Wednesday, 08 February 2006  Page Views: 7017

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Hallstatt-Dachstein
Country: Austria Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Salzburg  Nearest Village: Hallstatt
Latitude: 47.559440N  Longitude: 13.646390E
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
3 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.
3 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
no data

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Hallstatt-Dachstein
Hallstatt-Dachstein submitted by Harald_Platta : Picture of the finds from graves No. 101 and 102 of the Hallstatt cemetery (ca. 600-400 BC). Many older burials were destroyed by younger graves, because of the high density of graves. This is also the case with the inhumation graves of these two adult women, which were discovered in 2013. While only parts of the older burial have been preserved, the younger burial is complete with rich grave g... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hallstatt cemetery is an important Celtic cemetery in Austria.

1300 Iron Age tombs in the valley that gave their name to an entire area.

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Hallstatt-Dachstein
Hallstatt-Dachstein submitted by durhamnature : Old drawing Hallstatt type burial, from "Nos Origines..." via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

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 340m NE 35° Museum Hallstatt* Museum
 588m NW 308° Hallstatt Salt Mines* Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
 14.4km SE 128° Notgasse Petroglyphen Rock Art
 21.8km NNW 337° Kienbachklamm Rock Art
 23.3km NNW 332° Lugberg Rock Art
 34.7km NW 326° Lake Mondsee Prehistoric Village Ancient Village or Settlement
 35.5km WSW 248° Sinnhubschlössl Ancient Village or Settlement
 38.9km WSW 239° Arthurstollen Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
 50.2km ENE 79° In der Höll petroglyphs Rock Art
 51.0km SW 236° Goldegger Passstelle Ancient Village or Settlement
 62.9km WNW 287° Karlstein Celtic Settlement Ancient Village or Settlement
 67.7km NW 309° Summstein Laufen Modern Stone Circle etc
 70.3km SW 221° Schalenstein Oberer Bockhartsee Rock Art
 79.5km SSW 200° Schalenstein Danielsberg Rock Art
 80.6km SW 229° Hochtor Ancient Road* Ancient Trackway
 80.7km WNW 292° Summstein Siegsdorf Modern Stone Circle etc
 92.3km WSW 251° Hexenstein Felberturm Standing Stone (Menhir)
 93.9km NNE 27° Kuernbergwald Huegelgraeberfeld Barrow Cemetery
 94.3km WNW 300° Grabhügelfeld Stein an der Traun Barrow Cemetery
 97.5km WNW 298° Viereckschanze Truchtlaching* Misc. Earthwork
 97.8km NE 38° Berglitzl Rock Art
 98.2km NW 312° Margarethenberg Hillfort
 99.2km WNW 290° Herrenchimsee Ringwall Ancient Village or Settlement
 102.3km NW 315° Station des Mesolithikums und vorgeschichtliche Siedlung Kastl Ancient Village or Settlement
 102.9km NW 315° Grabhügel Kastl 2 Round Barrow(s)
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