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A locality in Askvoll, Vestland dated to the Viking Age, recorded in Askeladden, Norway's national heritage register, as locality 16063. The register lists: 3 × Burial cairn (Gravrøys). 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 “Gravrøys”?
A burial cairn: a grave covered by a heap of stones rather than earth, common along the coast where soil is thin.
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