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Multi-periodSite Name: Pirttihaudankangas Giant's Church Alternative Name: Pirttihaudankangas JätinkirkkoCountry: Finland
NOTE: This site is 32.477 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Nearest Town: Raahe Nearest Village: Orava or Mattylanperä
Latitude: 64.539846N Longitude: 24.576907E
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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Stone Fort or Dun in Finland
Pirttihaudankangas Giant’s Church in the Raahe region is one of around 50 Neolithic stone structures found only in Ostrobothnia in Western Finland.
Dated as prehistoric, the official records for the Cultural Environment Agency state that Pirttihaudankangas is located near Mattilanperältä (just over 5 km to the south). The structure measures around 35 x 50 metres. About 100 metres south south east there are three röykkiötä (pits, mounds or cairns?) each with a diameter of 2.5 to 3 metres and a height of 30-40 cms. This site is located in a mining area subject to subsidence, which caused some destruction in 2010. To the east and south, the defensive walls of this Giant's Church would have been 2-3 metres high.
Largely dated as Stone Age, all Giant's Church structures are recorded as having been built between 2,500 and 2,000 BC in a time when sea level was much higher, so they will have been islands.
For further information and comment see our news article "an introduction to the Giant's Churches of Finland."
(Thanks to Martti Lahti in Finland for the information, although apologies for any errors in translation).
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