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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: GjevranslottetCountry: Norway Fylke: Nord-Trøndelag Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Steinkjer
Latitude: 64.054114N Longitude: 11.449471E
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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On the high hilltop called "Slottet" is the remains of a Iron Age hillfort. The fort is today visible as overgrown remains of walls. The hill that is oriented north east to south west is very steep on three sides. On the fourth side where the modern footpath is located are the remains of two walls.
The hillfort had two walls, the first one is around 50-60 metres long and is visible today as heaps of stones overgrown with moss. The wall is around 3 metres wide but some places the wall have collapsed and can be difficult to see.
A little more distance to the top of the hill is another and much stronger wall. It continues along the south east side of the hill. This wall is also visible as overgrown stones and this wall has been much larger than the outer wall, it is around 4-6 metres wide.
Some smaller excavations were done in 1994 and charcoal dating has shown that the hillfort was built around 400-500AD in the age of migration. Some few other iron age artifacts were also found. Getting up to the hillfort is easy, there are signs from the main highway where to take off from the road and at the end of the country road is a small parking lot and information poster. From here to the hillfort is a footpath that leads to the top of the hill.
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