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Submitted by kenntha88 on Sunday, 16 December 2007 Page Views: 5345

Multi-periodSite Name: Håkøya
Country: Norway
NOTE: This site is 4.343 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Troms Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Tromsø
Latitude: 69.662199N Longitude: 18.772073E
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

4 Ambience:

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4	Good
3	Ordinary
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1	Awful
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4 Access:

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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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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**Håkøya** submitted by kenntha88 : The almost perfect remains of a house site from iron age! It is well-preserved because of the low vegetation. The walls are easy visible! It is about 6 metres across. (Vote or comment on this photo)

This site consists of a small settlement from the Iron/viking age. It consists of three house sites, about 7-8 metres in length and about 4 metres across. There are also two smaller boat houses, about 7 metres in length, and one very well-preseved burial mound, about 12 metres across and 1 metre in height, a very nice round profile and the small "ditch" around its sides is also visible.

It very well-preserved and is one of the most easily recognisable sites I have visited, because of the very low vegetation! There are no trees nearby, and it is just some low moss vegetation, so that makes the site well-worth a visit!

It is located on a small hill just after the bridge over to the small Island of Håkøya. The town of Tromsø is visible to the east, and it is a good view over the sound between the Island Kvaløya and the Tromsø Island.
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