Karnilshaugen, the site of the burial ground in Norway. Credit: Lauren Albris, Twitter.
Western Norway is the home to one of the largest graves in all of the nordics, as a seven-foot mound has now been discovered, named Karnilshaugen. The finding paves the way for emerging technological advancements to address future discoveries.
Grave thought to source back to Iron Age
Located on a farm in Gloppen, western Norway, the grave is thought to have been constructed during the Iron Age, hundreds of years prior to the viking age.
However, experts say that those in the viking period would have made great use of the man-made mound.
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According to a senior advisor from the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage, Christian Løchsen Rødsrud, the “largest man-made burial mound in western Norway” will seemingly never have its true contents revealed.
No plans to reveal grave’s contents
“The mound has never been excavated and there are no plans to do so now,”, the advisor states. “The prevailing practice in archaeology is to leave it undisturbed. The mound is well-preserved in the soil.”
Radar technology
Specialist ground-penetrating radar technology is the key to this fascinating unearthing of a burial site etched in the history of the nordic people, when architectural wonders like these blossom the imagination of what life really would have been like back then for the people of the area.
The technology seeks to catalyse future discoveries, with the expert reiterating: “Of course we can learn more about the [grave’s] contents with more modern ground-penetrating radar technology in the future.”
As more intriguing discoveries are being made across Norway and the rest of Scandiavia of late, experts continue to be astounded, with many wondering what the next awe-inspiring finding will be.
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