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Borgfjord Indre
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Description
Registrations from 1970 gives the
following information:
House sites, situated at farm nr. 99/1 (or
99/14) c. 75 m NE from the modern farm house.
Called "Gammelgarden" or "rollar"
Furthest north and highest situated in the
terrain:
2 possible house sites, situated side by side.
Measuring 4x2,5 and 4x3 m.
C. 9 m SSE of 1: House site, (plough disturbance), measuring 15 x 2-3 m.
20 m S of 2: House site (unsure) measuring 7 x 5 m?
Finds: A scissor and a key are supposed to have come from house site 2. These do not exist today.
40 m south of site 3 can we see possible remains of a house. Some pieces of chalk pipes have been found in this area.
Burial mound: localised near by the summer barn.
A farm mound is also localised at farm nr. 99/3.
Excavation Details
Not Available
Access/Ownership
Private property
References
- National Registrations from 1970, Topographical Archive, Museum of Tromsø.
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