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Bøstad Boat House and Burial

Site/Artefact Bøstad farm number 92 Type Boat house sites and Burial mound Site Number Nr. 16 NGO Grid Reference 23583,6 1142617,2 Map ( 1:50000) ØK reference: R2 3155 H12 List of Sites and Artefacts Click Here Interactive Map Click Here

Description
National Registrations from 1970 supply us with the following information:

Boat house: 17x8 m (outer measures), situated 500 m east north east of the barn at farm nr. 92/12. The site lies about 1, 5 m above and 8 m from the flow tide level.

Information from registrations 1979 from Topographical Archive:

Boat house and burial cairn situated in outlaying fields, 330 m eastof the houses at farm nr.92/12. The boat house measure: 18x6.5 m (outer measures) and is situated 20 m from the sea, and 1 m above the flow level tide. 4 m from the northern part of the site is:

Burial cairn:4 m in dm, height: 0.5 m.

The boathouse were registered in detail by Gøril Nilsen in 1998, and given relative datings sites:

Boat house nr. 46: 12.0/3.0 (wide/length), suggested dating: AD 1000

Boat house nr. 56: 7.7/3.4 M (wide/length), suggested dating: Early Iron Age.

The boat house which partly covers the burial mound is probably site nr. 2

Excavation Details
Not Available

Access/Ownership
Private property

References

• Gøril Nilsen: 1997: Naust og båt på Vestvågøy i jernalderen, i Lofotr-årboka for Vestvågøy historielag
• Gøril Nilsen 1998: Naustufter i Nord Norge. Distribusjon og kronologi relatert tilsamtidige båttyper og havnivirå do ppgave, Institutt for Arkeologi, Universitetet i Tromsø
• Olav Sverre Johansen 1978: De nordnorske tunanleggene fra jernalderen, i Viking?
• Topographical archive, Museum of Tromsø

Check out the following sections of the website for related information:

• Boat houses
• Burials

Vestvågøy Sites and Artefacts

1. Borg 2. Buksnesfjorden 3. Bøstad 4. Eggum 5. Einangen 6. Eltoft 7. Holsneset 8. Holsøya 9. Kvalnes 10. Moland 11. Nykmark 12. Skjerpen 13. Trollsteinen 14. Uttakleiv 15. Vendalsjord 16. The Stone Crosses 17. Malnes 18. Borg Burial Mounds 19. Borg Burial Mounds 20. Borg Roman House Site 21. Borg House Remains I:Ia 23. Borg I:Ib 24. Borg House Remains 25. Borg - Midden

26. Borg House Site 27. Borg House Sites 28. Borg Farm Ruins 29. Borg Medieval Sites 30. Borg Burial Mounds 31. Borg Possible Settlement 32. Borg Medieval House Site 33. Borg Boat Houses 34. Burial Mound 35. Burial Mound 36. Borg Burial Mound 37. Borg Modern Church 38. Bøstad Burial Cairn 39. Bøstad Removed Burials 40. Bøstad - Courtyard 41. Boat House and Burial 42. Bøstad House Sites 43. Bøstad Farm Mound 44. Rystad Boat Houses 45. Rystad Burial Mound 46. Burial and Farm Mound 47. Rystad Burial Mound 48. Rystad - Burials 49. Rystad Burial Cairn 50. Handberg Charcoal-Pits

51. Handberg Farm Mound 52. Handberg Charcoal Pit - 1 53. Handberg Charcoal Pit -2 54. Handberg Charcoal Pit - 3 55. Handberg Charcoal Pit - 4 56. Handberg Charcoal Pits 57. Handberg Charcoal Pit 58. Vendalsjord 59. Lie Burial Mound 60. Lie Boat House 61. Lie 62. Løvdal 63. Borgfjord Indre 64. Sletteng 65. Borgfjord Ytre 66. Ytre Borgfjord - Burial 67. Borgfjord Ytre 68. Ytre Borgfjord 69. Borgfjord Ytre 70. Hagvåg Boat House 71. Hagvåg Burial Mound 72. Hagvåg Bridge Construction 73. Evjen Farm Mound

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