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Natural PlacesSite Name: Konung HÃ¥gens Helle Alternative Name: KongssteinenCountry: Norway Fylke: Nordland Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Kabelvåg
Latitude: 68.212273N Longitude: 14.486096E
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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In the garden area of a local school in Nordland is an enormous stone block. It is almost cubic in shape with large flat sides and a large flat top. It is called Kongssteinen or "Konung HÃ¥gens Helle". There are cup marks on top of the flat surface and also a local legend is connected to the stone.
The school and stone is located inside the town of Kabelvåg. The stone has been mentioned in several local stories and some old legends. They say it was once an observation post to overlook the ocean to the south and south east. They also say it was a place of gathering and speeches were made from top of the stone.
According to the official Norwegian site of archaeology there are several cup-marks on top of the flat surface. The cup marks were impossible to photograph since the stone is too high and the sides to steep to climb and I did not take a ladder!
The stone is 2,5 metres in height at the north end and at the south around 3,5 metres in height. The longest sides are around 5-6 metres long. The sides are very steep and on some sides they turn inwards. The top is several square metres large, but climbing the stone was impossible!
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