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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Oshaugen cairnCountry: Norway Fylke: Møre og Romsdal Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Ã…lesund Nearest Village: Ulsteinvik
Latitude: 62.345773N Longitude: 5.827067E
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 |
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| 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 |
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The Oshaugen cairn is the largest burial cairn in western Norway. It has a diameter of 45 metres and a height of about 6 metres. Buildt on top of a round natural hill it looks even larger and is an impressive sight! From the top of the cairn is a magnificent view over the ocean!
The cairn was excavated in 1837. They lasted all until 1860. A small burial chamber was found, but still they didnt reach the bottom. A small finger ring of gold from around 300AD was found between the rocks. Just one similar ring from Uppsala, Sweden is known.
Large burial cairns are usually dated to older bronze age, around 1700 BC. The gold ring is probably from a younger burial inside or near the cairn. There was originally a circle of stones close to the cairn and a small path of stone slabs lead from the stone circle to the cairn. These have sadly been lost in later years.
The large gold ring and the large burial monument suggests that there was a powerful settlement in the early bronze age and older iron age in the area. In a excavation nearby, it was found pieces of imported decorated glass cups.
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