By type
Burial cairns across the Viking world
300 recorded sites of this type, from national heritage registers and community contributions.
A grave marked by a heap of stones rather than earth, common on rocky coasts and headlands where soil is thin.
Most are dated to the Viking Age.
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Notable sites
The best-known and most distinctive places in this area.
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3 gravhauger og flatmarksgrav
Late Iron Age · Nissedal, Telemark, NO→
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Aa med Auset
Viking Age · Orkland, Trøndelag, NO→
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Åkre - Fetts fk. 1
Late Iron Age · Ullensvang, Vestland, NO→
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Alvestad
Viking Age · Bokn, Rogaland, NO→
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Alvestad
Viking Age · Bokn, Rogaland, NO→
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Årførskaget
Viking Age · Heim, Trøndelag, NO→
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Årneshaugen
Viking Age · Åfjord, Trøndelag, NO→
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Årstad
Viking Age · Eigersund, Rogaland, NO→
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Åsprång
Late Iron Age · Tingvoll, Møre og Romsdal, NO→
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Austad
Viking Age · Flekkefjord, Agder, NO→
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Austad
Viking Age · Flekkefjord, Agder, NO→
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Austad
Viking Age · Flekkefjord, Agder, NO→