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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Fekjo GravplassCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 21.19 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Buskerud Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Geilo
Latitude: 60.526330N Longitude: 8.159678E
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3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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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 |
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Burial Site from the Viking-age, around 900 AD. 10 of the 17(-20?) Burial Mounds were excavated in 1923. The finds indicate that both men and women were buried here. Today the burial site is part of the "Fekjo Kulturminnepark".
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