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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Grunnfarnes Iron Age SettlementCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 15.311 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Troms Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Village: Finnsnes
Latitude: 69.304398N Longitude: 17.022414E
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 Grunnfarnes fjord has probably been settled for hundreds, maybe thousands, of years! The iron age settlement is just a kilometre away from the neolithic settlement.
The Grunnfarnes fjord has probably been settled for hundreds, maybe thousands, of years! The iron age settlement is just a kilometre away from the neolithic settlement. The high mountains surrounding the valley and easy access to the sea, and access to hunting grounds and fields for grazing animals to the east probably made this a very sought after site for settling.
The Iron Age settlement consists of remains from four housings, a very pretty barrow and a stone circle with two larger marker stones. Two of the housings have probably been boat houses because they are very close to the sea and the opening towards the shore.
One of the longhouses are located inside a local modern cemetery, it is around 25 metres long and around 7 metres wide. The wall markings are easily visible.
The other longhouse is very close to the river, it is around 20 metres in length and around 5 metres wide. It is at least a metre deep into the ground and easily visible.
One of the boat houses had been originally 10 metres long, but the sea has washed away around half of it from the sandy ground, today it is half the original length.
The other boat house is around 25 metres in length and around 8 metres wide. It could have contained a large longship.
Next to the smallest longhouse is a deep pit, around 1 metre deep. What this is is uncertain.
Close to the road to the north is a pretty round barrow. It is around 15 metres in length and around 2 metres in height. It has a very pretty rounded shape and appears undamaged.
To the east of the round mound, on a small natural plateau is a stone circle made of small stones placed in a circle. On two of the sides, placed directly opposite each other on the circle itself are two standing stones or grave marker stones. The tallest is around 1.5 metres tall and the smaller is around 80cm in height. The smaller stones in the circle was overgrown with small grass and moss and are not easily visible in the photo.
The site has a parking lot close to the sea next to a picnic table and has an information poster next to the road. The site has a beautiful panoramic view over the fjord and is surrounded by beautiful tall mountains. The road out here is really bad though!
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