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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: The Devils Gambling TableCountry: Norway Fylke: Vestfold Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Nøtterøy
Latitude: 59.214058N Longitude: 10.377939E
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 Devil's gambling table is a local name for a distinctive stone formation located on top of a small hill overlooking the sea to the west.
It consists of a massive flat boulder placed on top of four smaller rocks that creates a space under the large boulder. It is surrounded by five smaller boulders. The stone formation have never been excavated but the most accepted theory is that it is a megalithic tomb where the walls have collapsed in later years. Just to the north is a large iron age barrow cemetery, but the devils gambling table is located further up from the sea, believing it is from a much older age.
The boulder on top is around 3 metres long and around 2 metres wide. It is around 1 metre high. The stones holding the boulder are not possible to measure but the space under the boulder is around 0,3-0,5 metres in height. The boulders around the large one are around 1 metre thick and 1 metres in height.
From the Iron Age barrow cemetery is a footpath going up on the hill and leads to the site. The site is surrounded by larger pine trees.
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