Burial mound, Alstahaug
Late Iron Age / Viking AgeAlstahaug, Nordland, NO
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A locality in Alstahaug, Nordland dated to the Late Iron Age / Viking Age, recorded in Askeladden, Norway's national heritage register, as locality 63135. The register lists: 13 × Burial mound (Gravhaug), 3 × Grave (Grav). Positions are locality centroids; consult the Kulturminnesøk record for the protected area and access rules.
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Grave field
A cemetery of several mounds, cairns or flat graves used by one community over generations.
What is a “Gravhaug”?
A burial mound: an earthen or stone mound raised over one or more graves, the most visible Viking-age monument in the Scandinavian landscape.
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