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Submitted by kenntha88 on Sunday, 18 November 2007 Page Views: 2594

Multi-periodSite Name: Åse settlement Alternative Name: Åse tunanlegg
Country: Norway Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Harstad Nearest Village: Andenes
Latitude: 69.008119N Longitude: 15.755939E
Condition:

5	Perfect
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

5 Ambience:

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4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

4 Access:

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
4	co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3	co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2	co-ordinates of the nearest village
1	co-ordinates of the nearest town
0	no data

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**Åse settlement** submitted by kenntha88 : The signpost is the middle of the round "village". It was not possible to get a overwiew of the site because of the flat terrain. (Vote or comment on this photo)

This site is a ancient settlement from the Iron age, and is basically the same as the one on Vollmoen in Steigen. It consists of 14 structures, probably houses in two crescent-shaped rows forming a circle with two openings in the ends. The houses are about 9 to 12 meters long and about 4-5 meters wide.

It is dated back to early iron age, possible the wandering age, and same as the one on Vollmoen, it is belived to be a defensive structure, probably many families living together for protection. But it has also been speculated that is was some sort of military "barracks".

It has a wide wiew over the sea to the south-east, and also a clear wiew to the mountains in the north. It is also very hard to spot from the sea.

Higher up in the hills above the settlement lies the remains of two other "farms", I will write about these in other site links. but maybe their purpose have been to provide the settlement with food? We can only speculate.

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**Cripplesease Settlement** submitted by Bladup : The Cripplesease settlement was once a large prehistoric settlement. Now only humps and bumps survive, Castle-an-dinas is in the background on the right. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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