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Ytre Borgfjord - Burial
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Description
Registrations from 1971 supply us with
the following description:
Burial Cairn: 9 m in dm, situated, 80 m WNW of the farm-houses in outlaying fields, at farm nr. 101/9.
A spear was found during ploughing of a mound, c. 30 m ESE of the farm. (Probably Museum number Ts. 3593) .
Earlier finds from this farm:
In 1882: (Museumnumber Ts. 504) Find of a belt buckle of copper, from Medieval or Modern Times?
In 1910: ( Museumnumber Ts 1931). Hone of slate (From Early Iron Age?)
Excavation Details
Not Available
Access/Ownership
Private property
References
- National Registrations from 1971: Topographical Archive, Museum of Tromsø
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