The Maidens may originally have formed a primitive calendar. This is a star-shaped burial mound dating from about 300 AD. Within the stones a bronze jar was found containing incinerated human bones and bear's claws.
Architecture and heritage
The Five Wayward Virgins
Five standing stones beneath the high arch of the Karmsund Bridge.
Norheim
© Magnus J. Fjell
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