<< Text Pages >> Askum 402:1 Hällkista - Cist in Sweden in Bohuslän
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Askum 402:1 HällkistaCountry: Sweden
NOTE: This site is 6.812 km away from the location you searched for.
Landskap: Bohuslän Type: Cist
Latitude: 58.418400N Longitude: 11.253130E
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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Stone cist (Hällkista) described and examined by Ekhoff in 1886.
According to later examinations it now is largely destroyed, as the 7 megalithic slabs became incorporated in the building of a potato store/cellar probably in the beginning of the 20th century.
Reference:
Inventering RAÄ Askum 402:1, Lantmäteriet Gröna Kartan, Topografiska Kartan 1:50.000
Ekhoff, E. in: "Bidrag tillkänedom om Göteborgs och Bohusläns fornminnen och historia", Part 3, 1886, p. 473, site 28
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