Megalithic Portal: Latest from Troms, Norway

Grunnfarnes Iron Age Settlement

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 11:03:17 GMT

]]>. Ancient Village or Settlement in TromsThe Grunnfarnes fjord has probably been settled for hundreds, maybe thousands, of years! The iron age settlement is just a kilometre away from the neolithic settlement.

Grunnfarnes Neolithic Settlement

Sun, 16 Sep 2012 17:44:59 GMT

]]>. Ancient Village or Settlement in Troms

University Museum, Tromso

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 22:28:27 GMT

]]>. Museum in Troms

H�k�ya

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 15:25:41 GMT

]]>. This site consists of a small settlement from the Iron/viking age. It consists of three house sites, about 7-8 metres in length and about 4 metres across. There are also two smaller boat houses, about 7 metres in length, and one very well-preseved burial mound, about 12 metres across and 1 metre in height, a very nice round profile and the small "ditch" around its sides is also visible.

Nordkjosbotn sacrificial site

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 20:14:02 GMT

]]>. Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in Norway

Kvernmo Sacrificial Site

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:57:10 GMT

]]>. This site cosists of two larger boulders, about 1-2 metres in height and about 3-4 metres across. They are round shaped, but they have both a larger flat side turned against each other, so it looks more like one huge almost round/oval boulder that has been cleaved in two separate parts, forming a 1 metre space between them.

Spansdalen sacrificial site

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:26:50 GMT

]]>. This is a Sami ritual site consisting of a sacrificial stone. It is a huge natural shaped boulder. It is about 2 metres tall and about 4 metres wide in each of the sides. It is pyramid shaped with a pointed top like a triangle.

Alvestad, Gryt�ya

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:10:29 GMT

]]>. This site is actually two sites, both of them barrow cemetaries. The first one located on a long hill overlooking some farms lower down at the sea. It has about 10 smaller burial mounds, about 4-6 metres in diametre, but with a pretty shape in a grass meadow that makes them easy to photograph.

Gr�tav�r

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:09:53 GMT

]]>. This site is actually two sites, both of them barrow cemetaries. The first one located on a long hill overlooking some farms lower down at the sea. It has about 10 smaller burial mounds, about 4-6 metres in diameter, but with a pretty shape in a grass meadow that makes them easy to photograph.

Gr�tav�r, Gryt�ya

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:07:57 GMT

]]>. This site is actually two sites, both of them barrow cemetaries. The first one located on a long hill overlooking some farms lower down at the sea. It has about 10 smaller burial mounds, about 4-6 metres in diameter, but with a pretty shape in a grass meadow that makes them easy to photograph.