<< Our Photo Pages >> Kånna Högar - Barrow Cemetery in Sweden in Småland
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kånna HögarCountry: Sweden Landskap: Småland Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Ljungby Nearest Village: Berghem
Latitude: 56.807092N Longitude: 13.913224E
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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Barrow Cemetery in Småland
Kånna högar is the biggest grave field in Kronobergs län with 291 archaeological remains. It consists of about 240 grave mounds of round and oval shape, 17 stone settings, standing stones and stone circles that belong to the Late Iron Age between 500-1050 AD.
There's also a runestone from 1822.
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