<< Our Photo Pages >> Milavce mohyly - Barrow Cemetery in Czech Republic in Bohemia
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Milavce mohylyCountry: Czech Republic
NOTE: This site is 12.572 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Bohemia Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Plzen Nearest Village: Milavce
Latitude: 49.469633N Longitude: 12.960518E
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 |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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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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About 50 barrows with average diameter of between 6 - 15 meters and a height of up to 2.5 meters are situated near the village of Milavce in Bohemia. The Milavce barrow burials are typical cremation ritual based, were the ash was placed in a big urns and covered within the barrow embankments. Barrow Cemetery
Unique artifacts were found in 1883. Vessels and bronzes - pins, bracelets, swords, daggers, axes were put around the central urn.
One unique find is a cultic cart from a warrior's grave - bronze vessel on four-wheel chassis, average 40 cm (today in collections of the National Museum).
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