Gravfeltet på Mølen i Larvik – en saga i stein
The field is located on the large moraine at the mouth of the Langesund Fjord in Vestfold County. It comprises 26 large cairns up to 30 m in diameter and 45 m in length, and approximately 183 small cairns 1–2 m in diameter, all 6,5–20 m above sea-level. The great cairn D27 is 6,5 m above sea-level....
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| Language: | Norwegian Bokmål |
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Norsk arkeologisk selskap
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Viking |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.uio.no/viking/article/view/10926 |
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| Summary: | The field is located on the large moraine at the mouth of the Langesund Fjord in Vestfold County. It comprises 26 large cairns up to 30 m in diameter and 45 m in length, and approximately 183 small cairns 1–2 m in diameter, all 6,5–20 m above sea-level. The great cairn D27 is 6,5 m above sea-level. Fifteen of the cairns have been excavated. The finds are few including remnants of a burnt ship burial in boat-shaped grave D100 C-14 dated to Roman Iron Age and Migration Period. The author suggests the crates in the large cairns represent either looting pits or a burial custom, and the small cairns are rests of trapping facilities for birds. The beach grave-field dates to early Iron Age and Viking Age and has its closest analogues in the grave-fields on the Jærkysten in Rogaland.
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| ISSN: | 0332-608X 2535-2660 |