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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: BøkeskogenCountry: Norway
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Fylke: Vestfold Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Larvik
Latitude: 59.057858N Longitude: 10.023909E
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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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 |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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Barrow Cemetery in Vestfold
The Bøkeskogen forest in the middle of the town Larvik is Norway's only natural beech forest. It is a protected forest and it has been made a public park. It was among the first public parks in Norway. It is a stone fence surrounding the park and several footpaths and picnic tables and information signs are located in the forest.
In this forest there are two large barrow cemeteries from early to later iron age. They are known as the upper and lower barrow cemeteries. The lower cemetery consists of 36 barrows. This barrow cemetery is difficult to observe and photograph because it is heavily overgrown with smaller trees and brush.
The upper barrow cemetery on the ridge that is the highest area in the forest have been cleaned for small brush. There is only a deep layer of dead leaves on the forest floor under the tall beech trees. It consists of around 23 round and 3 elongated barrows. The largest round barrow is around 25 metres in diameter and around 2 metres in height. The other barrows vary from around 15 to 6 metres in diameter and from 0.5 to 1.5 metres in height. They are easy to see and find and some also have ditches around the edges.
Most of the barrows have been disturbed and some have deep craters on top and some have been flattened in later years. Some of the barrows however, have been reconstructed recently. The barrows have been dated to later iron age, around 800-900AD. but some of the mounds could go back further in time.
Only some findings are known from the cemetery. They are from 5 barrows, four male burials and one female. In one of the barrows was found a small boat.
The whole park is a beautiful area and is well worth a visit!
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