Jun 30, 2010

Finland. Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki (Sammallahdenmäen pronssikautinen röykkiöalue)


Date of Inscription: 1999
Criteria: (iii)(iv)
Region of Satakunta, Province of Western Finland
N61 07 14 E21 46 39
Ref: 579rev  

This Bronze Age burial site features more than 30 granite burial cairns, providing a unique insight into the funerary practices and social and religious structures of northern Europe more than three millennia ago.
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/579

Thanks to Niina!

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