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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Stenstugan (Stone Cottage) Alternative Name: Blotabordet (Sacrificial Table), Östra KlastorpsdösenCountry: Sweden Landskap: Halland Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Varberg Nearest Village: Klastorp
Latitude: 57.131709N Longitude: 12.353167E
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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Tonnox visited on 22nd Jul 2023 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4
Information from a plaque by the site.
The chamber is flat-sided, 1.35m x 1.3 internal dimensions consists of 3 side slabs and 1 roof slab. From the outside, the chamber is 0.8 m tall. Around the edge is a circle of 5 kerbstones, some of the stones have fallen and tumbled down the slope.
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