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Multi-periodSite Name: Linnasaari Giant's Church Alternative Name: Linnasaari JätinkirkkoCountry: Finland Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Nearest Town: Oulu Nearest Village: Saarinen
Latitude: 65.057051N Longitude: 25.765921E
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
Linnasaari Giant’s Church in the Oulu region is one of around 50 Neolithic stone structures found only in Ostrobothnia in Western Finland. Dated as Stone Age, all Giant's Church structures are recorded as having been built between 2,500 and 2,000 BC.
The official records for the Cultural Environment Agency state that Linnasaari is located approximately 1.5 km within the forest and made up of a mixture of stones and earth. Rectangular in shape it measures 34 x 24 metres with a width of between 5 and 8 metres and a height of 60 to 90 cms. Sections of the lower wall stand out in 2 to 3 places. Recent excavations have found stone objects and fragments of quartz and quartzite. 75 to 100 metres south-east of this structure laser scanning revealed 2-3 possible pits at a lower elevation to the main structure.
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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