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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: FrøyshovCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 7.112 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Buskerud Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Hønefoss
Latitude: 60.089329N Longitude: 10.195248E
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 name Frøyshov comes from the name of the Norse god Frøy and the word "hov" means ancient place of worship.
This barrow consists of around 24 round barrows probably from the roman iron age. The barrow cemetery is first noted in written journals arond 1743.
The barrows range in size from 5 to 18 metres in diameter and from 0,5 to 2 metres in height. Several of the barrows have a ring of stones around its edges. The ring of stones are preserved in half of the barrows. The barrow next to the largest barrow has the best preserved ring of stones. Stones on tops of some of the barrows can be from pieces of standing stones once located on top of the barrows. Some of the barrows have pits or craters dug into them on the top.
These kind of barrows are typical from the older iron age. They are locally called warrior tombs and there are over 100 of them known trough the area. The barrows are often located next to a settlement. They mostly consists of burned bones put inside a clay jar or urn.
The barrows are located on top of a hill and they are all covered in high grass. It can be difficult to distinguish the details of every barrow.
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