<< Our Photo Pages >> Gullhaugen Cemetery - Barrow Cemetery in Norway in Nordland
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Gullhaugen Cemetery Alternative Name: SvarthaugenCountry: Norway Fylke: Nordland Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Sandnessjøen Nearest Village: Tjøtta
Latitude: 65.833391N Longitude: 12.395840E
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 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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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The cemetery is located on a low ridge or hill on the narrowest northern part of the Tjøtta Island. It is a very nice view over the sea both to the east and west. The vegetation is low grass and some scattered leaf trees growing on and around the mounds. The vegetation have been grassed more or less away by sheep grazing in the field. The cemetery has been made easy to access, a path has been made that leads to the cemetery and several signposts have been places around the field.
The other part of the cemetery is closer to the sea, this part consist of two large burial cairns dated back to bronze age, and a number of smaller stone rings, also burial monuments.
The largest mound, "The golden mound" is about 25 metres across and 2-3 metres high. Three other mounds is about 18-20 metres across and from 1-2 metres tall. The rest of the round mounds is from 6 to 12 metres across and 0,5 to 1 metres high.
The elongated mounds are smaller than the round mounds and does not elevate much from the terrain. They are from 10 to 15 metres long and 2-3 metres wide. All the round mounds have very clear and deep ditches around the edges, and is very easy to spot in the low vegetation terrain.
All the mounds in this part of the cemetery has been dated back to the iron age. Several mounds have small craters on the top.
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