<< Our Photo Pages >> Lødingen - Ancient Village or Settlement in Norway
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Multi-periodSite Name: Lødingen Alternative Name: KanstadfjordCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 5.095 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Narvik Nearest Village: Lødingen
Latitude: 68.427314N Longitude: 15.895500E
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 |
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This site consists of 5 round depressions with remains of walls, probably from as early as older stone age. They are in a place with very low exposure to weather, erosion and human interference.
The site consists also of a beautifully preserved stone carving of a reindeer in full size. It is the same technique used as in Leiknes, that the stone is grinded and not carved. It is a very special technique only known from 6 different places in northen Norway, and it believed to be from the early stone age, about 5000 - 7000 BC.
Note: Coordinates revised in August 2009
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