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Submitted by kenntha88 on Tuesday, 13 October 2015  Page Views: 766

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Heddelandsmonen
Country: Norway
NOTE: This site is 5.8 km away from the location you searched for.

Fylke: Vest-Agder Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Øyslebø  Nearest Village: Heddeland
Latitude: 58.195280N  Longitude: 7.519954E
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
4 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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Heddelandsmonen submitted by kenntha88 : The largest round barrow in the centre of the cemetary (Vote or comment on this photo)
Barrow Cemetery in Vest-Agder

Heddelandsmonen is a large Iron Age barrow cemetery, it is one of the largest in Vest-Agder. The Heddelandsmoen is a large triangular shaped flat plateau that elevates a little from the surrounding agricultural landscape. The area is inside a enclosure with goats. There is a signpost next to the gate of the enclosure and a small parking lot nearby.

The site consists of 33 barrows, nine of them are elongated barrows and the others round barrows. To the west edge of the plateau is the largest barrow some distance away from the rest of the site. The cemetery is inside a forest but the trees are some distance between and the forest floor is only short vegetation so the barrows are easy to see.

The first three round barrows are to the left when one enters the enclosure. They are oriented on a straight line from south to north. The barrows are similar in size, around 14 metres in diameter and around 1,5 to 2 metres in height. To the right of the gate are two more round barrows, around 18 metres in diameter and around 2,5 to 3 metres in height. They are very close to one another.

The largest round barrow in the main cemetery is around 20 metres in diameter and around 3,5 metres in height. It is in the cnetre of the cemetery. One of the long barrows is very large, around 42 metres in length, around 10 metres wide and around 2,5 metres in height. The other long barrows are from 20-30 metres in length and around 8-9 metres wide. The rest of the round barrows are from 7 to 12 metres in diameter and around 0,5 to 1 metres in height.

The largest round barrow is around 50 metres to the north west. It is located away from the other barrows, on the edge of the plateau. It is 22 metres in diameter and around 4 metres in height. It has its own information sign and the ditch around the edges is very deep and clear.
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Heddelandsmonen submitted by kenntha88 : One of the information posters at the cemetery. It also tells the tale of a local lengendary king. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Heddelandsmonen submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Vest-Agder Norway (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Heddelandsmonen submitted by kenntha88 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Heddelandsmonen submitted by kenntha88 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Heddelandsmonen submitted by kenntha88 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Heddelandsmonen submitted by kenntha88

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Heddelandsmonen submitted by kenntha88 : One of the very large elongated barrows.

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Heddelandsmonen submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Vest-Agder Norway

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Heddelandsmonen submitted by kenntha88

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Heddelandsmonen submitted by kenntha88 : This is the largest barrow, it is located some distance away from the main cemetery.

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Heddelandsmonen submitted by kenntha88 : Site in Vest-Agder Norway

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Heddelandsmonen submitted by kenntha88 : One of the prettiest round barrows.

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