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Norway

16 places in the atlas, 1 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.

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Archaeological wonders4
Ancient villages3
Earthworks3
Megaliths3
Tumuli3
Ancient cities2
Mounds2
Rock art sites2
Aqueducts1
Burial fields1
Contested sites1
Geoglyphs1

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Verified15
Hypothetical1

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Finnmark5
Buskerud1
Finnmark, Alta1
Finnmark, Troms og Finnmark1
North Atlantic – contested (Iceland / Norway / Shetland / Saaremaa hypothetics)1
Rogaland1

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Verified15 Widely accepted0

Vestfold

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Vestfold County, Horten Municipality, Borre village 5 km east of Horten on Oslofjord east shore (Borrehaugene mound park south of Åsgårdstrand)1

Vestfold, Larvik Municipality, Kaupang peninsula, Viksfjord1

Vestfold, Sandefjord Municipality, Gokstad farm1

Vestfold, Tønsberg Municipality, Oseberg farm1

Østfold, Fredrikstad Municipality, Rolvsøy island, Haugen farm (Båthaugen)1

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Pseudoarchaeology0

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Archaeological wonders4 Ancient villages3 Earthworks3 Megaliths3 Tumuli3 Ancient cities2 Mounds2 Rock art sites2 Aqueducts1 Burial fields1 Contested sites1 Geoglyphs1 Hamlets1 Hillforts1

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Excavated7 Partially excavated7 Excavation ongoing1 Not applicable1

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🇳🇴 Norway · Hydraulic works

Steppe Kite Desert Gate East — Finnmark (Alta)

Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Local Neolithic

Steppe Kite Desert Gate East in Finnmark, Norway is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Local Neolithic culture.