Small awl-like object, with a rectangular cross-section. Length: 3.5 cm
Location:
Hovland, location Urutlekråi, Årdal, Sogn & Fjordane
Context:
The locality is in the mountains by Årdal in the Sognefjorden, on a gentle slope in the landscape, surrounded by peat and bog. The site was excavated in 1984-85. The finds were located on the hill and in the surrounding turf. Several hearths and pits filled with charcoal were found. Trenches filled with stone were interpreted as foundations for walls, and a house was also identified. It was oval and had a diameter of 4 m.
Dating:
Late Bronze Age or Early Pre-Roman Iron Age.
Small knife blade. Both ends are broken; one end could possibly be part of a haft plate. It has a slightly marked central rib on one side and is flat on the other. Probably a knife, or possibly a saw. Length: c.5.5 cm
Location:
Holen, Time, Rogaland
Context:
Found in a stone cist in a small mound. The coffin measured 1.10 x 0.55-0.75 m and was built of plates. It was filled with fine soil, about 0.3 m deep, and the soil contained some cremated bones, charcoal and B4998/a. Several bones were found on the bottom slabs. Another grave was found higher up in the mound, some iron fragments were found around.
Date:
The object is difficult to date, possibly a later Bronze Age or pre-Roman Iron Age.
A small tanged knife. The blade is curved along the back, while the edge is straight. The knife is heavily corroded. The blade was broken and has been glued together. Length: 7.4 cm
Context:
Found in a stone cist in a mound. The knife was stuck between the stones in the coffin, and there were cremated bones on the bottom slab. A similar chamber had previously been found in the northern part of the mound. No other information.
Complete awl. The tang is flat and square; the other end is round and sharp. Dark green patina, mostly intact, although there are golden areas on one side. It is depicted in Rygh (1999) as R119. Length: 13.6 cm Width: 0.2-0.8 cm. Photo: Svein Skare
Context:
Found in 1832, under a large flat stone in a field.
Urn with cremated bones (B3875/a). It was made of clay tempered with sand, red/orange on the outside, gray on the inside. The urn was double-conical. There were 15 small holes along the widest part of the urn. There were only minor injuries. Height: 24.5 cm
Shards of a second urn (B3875/b), red/orange wares tempered with sand. The bottom shards indicate a conical shape. The surface is somewhat uneven. According to the original catalogue, this pot may have been used as a lid.
Arrowhead with tanges (B03875/c). The brown patina is almost completely removed. The pliers have a square cross-section. Baudous type V A. Length: 8.7 cm
Small double button with decoration (B3875/d). The top plate is raised and conical, and is decorated with concentric rings interspersed with two rows of vertical parallel lines. Width: 2 cm. Height: 1.7 cm
Small awl, broken at one end (B3875/e). When it was found there was a small point and a wooden handle, but both snapped and disintegrated when touched. One end has a round cross-section, while the other end has a square cross-section and ends in a small tongs. Length: 2.4 cm
Context:
Found in a long mound pile, in a small stone cist measuring 1.5 feet and built of slabs. A larger, collapsed stone coffin was found nearby in 1880. The mound was low.
Location:
Vest-Hassel, Farsund, Vest-Agder
Date:
Both the arrowhead and the button indicate a date to the Younger Bronze Age period 4.
