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Submitted by kenntha88 on Thursday, 22 November 2007 Page Views: 3045

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Buvika
Country: Norway Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Tromsø
Latitude: 69.552380N Longitude: 18.118858E
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

4 Ambience:

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3	Ordinary
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1	Awful
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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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**Buvika** submitted by kenntha88 : This is the largest "stone ring". It is without doubt the largest of the barrows, but it is as low as the ground and not barrow or mound, but a flat-ground grave marked with small stones. (Vote or comment on this photo)

This is a burial site that is not made of cairns or mounds. It consists of 5-6 (possibly more) low flat-ground burials marked on the surface by rings of smaller stones. They are commonly known as "burning burials", because it was believed that the dead were burned before burial and the grave marked by rings of smaller stones, that do not rise above the ground level.

But it can also be markings of flat-ground burials without burning.

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