
Vestvågøy
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Handberg Charcoal-Pits
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Description
Registrations from 1978 supply us with
the following description:
Charcoal pits, situated in outlaying fields at "Lannghanger". 650-750 m south-west of the farmhouses.
Furthest North:
1. Pit containing charcoal, 1 m in dm, 0.4 m in depth
18 m SSW of 1:
2. Charcoal pit 3, 5 m in dm
35 m WSW of 2:
3. Pit containing charcoal, 1 m in dm, 0, 5 m in depth
30 m SW of 3:
4. Charcoal pit, 4 m in dm
45 m W from 4:
5. Charcoal pit, 5 m in dm
About 3-4 m south from nr. 1, traces of another pit can be seen:
6. 0, 5 m in dm and 0,4 m indepth.
A possible charcoal pit is also localised c. 300 m S from the farm houses: 4, 5 m in dm
These structures were earlier defined as Sámi house sites, but redefined as charcoal pits in 2002.
Excavation Details
Not Available
Access/Ownership
Private property
References
- National Registrations from 1970, supplement registrations by Kåre Ringstad in 1978, Topographical Archive, Tromsø Museum
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