<< Our Photo Pages >> Bjerkelunden - Barrow Cemetery in Norway in Akershus
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: BjerkelundenCountry: Norway Fylke: Akershus Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Mysen
Latitude: 59.548254N Longitude: 11.334963E
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 barrow cemetery consists of 12 round barrows and the remains of a sunken road. It is located on a small plateu overlooking the river to the south. All the barrows are easy to see since they are today a part of a small public park with information poster and picnic and the barrows are covered only with short lawn grass that is beeing regularly cut to make the cemetery more visible to the public.
The 4 largest barrows are located on a line from east to west in the middle of the cemetery at the highest point of the plateau. They all have a diameter of 10-11 metres and height of 1 to 1,5 metres. The 3 southernmost barrows have been damaged over the years and are hardly visible. The rest of the barrows are small, around 6-8 metres in diameter and 0,5 to 1 metre in height. Five of the barrows have craters on the top.
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