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Submitted by kenntha88 on Sunday, 09 December 2007  Page Views: 2751

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Grøtavær Alternative Name: Alvestad
Country: Norway Fylke: Troms Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Harstad
Latitude: 68.961772N  Longitude: 16.264744E
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
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 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
 4

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Grøtavær
Grøtavær submitted by kenntha88 : This is from the other barrow cemetary. it is made of mounds and not cairns. This shows a small burial mound in the middle of the pic. (Vote or comment on this photo)
This site is actually two sites, both of them barrow cemetaries. The first one located on a long hill overlooking some farms lower down at the sea. It has about 10 smaller burial mounds, about 4-6 metres in diameter, but with a pretty shape in a grass meadow that makes them easy to photograph.

The second barrow cemetary is down at the sea on two smaller peninsulas. It is one of the largest barrow cemetaries from northern Norway. It has about 80-100 smaller to medium sized burial cairns! most of them are damaged, some rocks have been used to make stone fences in the modern age, and some are overgrown with grass or brush, but most of them are easy visible.

They vary from 3 metres, up to 10 metres across. The whole area is so "packed" with burial cairns that it is almost impossible not to notice them if you are walking in this area!

It is an interesting area, and the high number of burials suggest this area to be well-populated in the iron age.
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Grøtavær
Grøtavær submitted by kenntha88 : Another one laying on the brink of a hill overlooking the farms and sea below. It is about 5 metres across. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grøtavær
Grøtavær submitted by kenntha88 : Another small and pretty burial mound seen in the middle of the photo. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grøtavær, Grytøya
Grøtavær, Grytøya submitted by kenntha88 : this is the top of the largest burial cairn, overgrown, but still easy to see! (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grøtavær, Grytøya
Grøtavær, Grytøya submitted by kenntha88 : Another pretty shaped burial cairn with the sea in the background. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grøtavær, Grytøya
Grøtavær, Grytøya submitted by kenntha88 : May look caotic, but is a large burial cairn. If you walk this area it is impossible not to notice all the burial cairns in this forest! The area is packed full of them!

Grøtavær, Grytøya
Grøtavær, Grytøya submitted by kenntha88 : This is from a plundering crater in the middle of a large burial cairn, it make it looks like a stone circle, but is a burial cairn.

Grøtavær, Grytøya
Grøtavær, Grytøya submitted by kenntha88 : This is three burial cairns placed in a row!

Grøtavær, Grytøya
Grøtavær, Grytøya submitted by kenntha88 : One of the largest burial cairn. this one is about 10 metres across and has a beautiful round shape.

Grøtavær, Grytøya
Grøtavær, Grytøya submitted by kenntha88 : A burial cairn about 5 metres across and a pretty shape. Another one can be seen in the hillside in the background.

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 593m SSW 203° Grøtavær, Grytøya* Barrow Cemetery
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 8.6km ENE 74° Øyra* Barrow Cemetery
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 11.0km ENE 71° Bjarkøya Centre, the chieftain's farm* Ancient Village or Settlement
 15.4km SE 128° Bessebostad, Grytøya* Barrow Cemetery
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 18.4km SE 142° Trondenes* Ancient Village or Settlement
 18.8km SSW 200° Utstrand Bautasten* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 20.6km W 268° Skavsteinan* Ancient Village or Settlement
 20.9km S 191° Borkenes Cemetary* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 20.9km WNW 284° Åse settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement
 21.3km WNW 288° Dungan/Bønna iron age settlements* Ancient Village or Settlement
 22.0km SSW 202° Piklisteinen* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 22.2km SSW 201° Leitet* Barrow Cemetery
 22.4km SSE 151° Harstad hill fort* Hillfort
 27.2km SSW 198° Hemmestad* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 29.1km SW 236° Finnsteinan* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
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 29.3km WSW 241° Trollosen* Ancient Village or Settlement
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 32.3km S 173° Storjorda sacrificial site* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
 32.4km ENE 76° Eidekjosen Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement
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Re: Grøtavær by kenntha88 on Friday, 21 August 2009
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The correct coordinates for this site is: Lat: 68.961772 Lon: 16.264744
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