<< Our Photo Pages >> Landingsvorr-Sand - Barrow Cemetery in Norway in Nordland
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Landingsvorr-SandCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 6.451 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Nordland Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Svolvær Nearest Village: Laukvika
Latitude: 68.434546N Longitude: 14.614532E
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 barrow cemetery is located on a flat grassy field overlooking the sea and the islands to the north. It is easily visible from the road and the area seems to be a natural flat sandbank now overgrown with grass. The barrow cemetery consisted of 8 round barrows and one long barrow. Sadly all of the barrows have been removed in later years except two beautiful round barrows.
The surviving barrows consists of two round barrows. The one to the south east is 12 metres in diameter and 2,5 metres in height. It only has a small tree and mostly grass on it and it is visible from a long distance in the flat field. The barrow to the north west is 13 metres in diameter and 2 metres in height and also easy to see.
Among the lost barrows it was a long barrow 14X2 metres in size and another round one around 12 metres in diameter but no trace of them is visible today.
The two surviving barrows doesnt seem to have any visible damage at all and both have a very pretty shape and profile. The barrows are visible from the well visited tourist road called the "Midnight sun road."
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