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Submitted by kenntha88 on Sunday, 18 November 2007  Page Views: 2690

Multi-periodSite Name: Bø ancient farms Alternative Name: Bø wastefarms
Country: Norway
NOTE: This site is 0.979 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Harstad  Nearest Village: Andenes
Latitude: 69.043880N  Longitude: 15.540504E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Bø ancient farms
Bø ancient farms submitted by kenntha88 : A close-up photo of the small standing stone on top of the barrow. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This site is one of the most well-known and best preserved ancient settlements from the Iron age in Norway. It is unique because it has been so well-preserved, without any human interference since the Iron age. Parts of it has been excavated, and it can be hard to see the house structures.

It consists of two farms, one with six traces of building structures, two of them large and the rest small to medium sized, and an uncertain number of burial mounds, at least over 20 in all. They are varying in size from 15 metres across and down to 3 metres. Most of them are plundered, but 2 of them seem untouched.

The other one is consisting of 4 house structures, and numberous burials, both cairns and barrows. It is hard to know exact how many there are here, because parts of the sites is in a very thick forest. But most of the structures and barrows are in the open and very easy to see.

There is also an ancient stone fence separating the two farms from the area around. It has also a stone fence that is going straight through the "village" and separating them. All the barrows and building structures are inside the stone fences.

A separate barrow cemetary is sited on top of a ridge nearby, it is probably connected to the farms, but it is outside the stone fence. Maybe a burial field used by both farms? it contains 6 barrows, and these ones are slightly larger than the ones inside the farm`s stone fences.

The site lies in a beautiful pine and leaf tree forest, most of which has been removed to show the site better. Signs have been set up to explain every individual site, and it very easy to follow.
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Bø ancient farms
Bø ancient farms submitted by kenntha88 : This is a "overwiew" picture. it is taken from a hill a little further up from the ancient farms. Three of the house structures are on the plain visible in the background. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bø ancient farms
Bø ancient farms submitted by kenntha88 : Also a pretty barrow cairn from the larger barrow cemetary. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bø ancient farms
Bø ancient farms submitted by kenntha88 : This is the largest barrow from the barrow cemetary located some distance away from the farms. It has a small standing stone on top. It is about 12 meters wide and 1 meter tall. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bø ancient farms
Bø ancient farms submitted by kenntha88 : There are ancient stone fences running all the way around the farms and between them in several hundred meters trough the forest. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bø ancient farms
Bø ancient farms submitted by kenntha88 : This is very well-preserved and beautiful barrow mound, it looks unplundered and has a "ditch" around its edges and a pretty round profile. It is about 10 meters across.

Bø ancient farms
Bø ancient farms submitted by kenntha88 : A large burial cairn on top of a small ridge that runs between the farms.

Bø ancient farms
Bø ancient farms submitted by kenntha88 : This large burial cairn (12-15 meters across and about 0.5m tall) is on the side of a small ancient road between the two farms.

Bø ancient farms
Bø ancient farms submitted by kenntha88 : The site of the largest structure of farm number 2.

Bø ancient farms
Bø ancient farms submitted by kenntha88 : This is the site of the largest house structure of farm number 1. No remains of the structure after the excavation is visible, but at least they put a signpost!

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Re: Bø ancient farms by kenntha88 on Friday, 21 August 2009
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The correct coordinates for this site is: Lat: 69.043880 Lon: 15.540504
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