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DigsSite Name: Eyjafjörður FjordCountry: Iceland
NOTE: This site is 85.566 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Skurkeyri
Latitude: 65.766000N Longitude: 18.1758W
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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Archeologists working at Dysnes, a recently discovered Viking age boat burial site in Eyjafjörður fjord in North Iceland are still busy excavating invaluable treasures.
Hundreds of items have been found at the site, among them two swords, three spears and three shields.
Click here for more information
Note: Pearls, Viking swords, spears and shields excavated at huge boat burials in Iceland
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