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Vestvågøy - 46 Rystad - Burial Mound and Farm Mound Site/Artefact Rystad farm number 94 Type Burial mound and Farm mound Site Number Nr. 27 NGO Grid Reference 23331,7 1141170,3 Map ( 1:50000) ØK reference: R6 3155 J10 List of Sites and Artefacts Click Here Interactive Map Click Here Overview of the Rystad-area (Photo: Lofotr, The Vikingmuseum) Description Burial mound: 13m long, 5m wide and 0.5m high. The burial mound is situated 100m west north west of the farmhouse. The Farm mound is situated in the same area, 20 x 35 m, cultural layers about 1 m thick. Finds: 2 hones of slate, shreds from soapstone vessels, 2 fragments of baking plates (plates of soapstone), and a small flake of flint. (Museumnumber TS 7096 a-d). Other finds submitted: Fish-weight of soap stone and a hone of slate, found close to the farm house. This could come from the farm-mound. Several more hones have been found at the farm earlier. Ts. 7034 a-b (museum number).   Spindle whirl from Rystad. Found by Aase Lundestad (Photo: Wenche Brun) Excavation Details Not Available Access/Ownership Private property References National Registrations: Topographical Archive, Museum of Tromsø Check out the following sections of the website for related information: Burial mound Farm mounds Other Vestvågøy Sites and Artefacts 1. Borg 2. Buksnesfjorden 3. Bøstad 4. Eggum 5. Einangen 6. Eltoft 7. Holsneset 8. Holsøya 9. Kvalnes 10. Moland 11. Nykmark 12. Skjerpen 13. Trollsteinen 14. Uttakleiv 15. Vendalsjord 16. The Stone Crosses 17. Malnes 18. Borg Burial Mounds 19. Borg Burial Mounds 20. Borg Roman House Site 21. Borg House Remains I:Ia 23. Borg I:Ib 24. Borg House Remains 25. Borg - Midden 26. Borg House Site 27. Borg House Sites 28. Borg Farm Ruins 29. Borg Medieval Sites 30. Borg Burial Mounds 31. Borg Possible Settlement 32. Borg Medieval House Site 33. Borg Boat Houses 34. Burial Mound 35. Burial Mound 36. Borg Burial Mound 37. Borg Modern Church 38. Bøstad Burial Cairn 39. Bøstad Removed Burials 40. Bøstad - Courtyard 41. Boat House and Burial 42. Bøstad House Sites 43. Bøstad Farm Mound 44. Rystad Boat Houses 45. Rystad Burial Mound 46. Burial and Farm Mound 47. Rystad Burial Mound 48. Rystad - Burials 49. Rystad Burial Cairn 50. Handberg Charcoal-Pits 51. Handberg Farm Mound 52. Handberg Charcoal Pit - 1 53. Handberg Charcoal Pit -2 54. Handberg Charcoal Pit - 3 55. Handberg Charcoal Pit - 4 56. Handberg Charcoal Pits 57. Handberg Charcoal Pit 58. Vendalsjord 59. Lie Burial Mound 60. Lie Boat House 61. Lie 62. Løvdal 63. Borgfjord Indre 64. Sletteng 65. Borgfjord Ytre 66. Ytre Borgfjord - Burial 67. Borgfjord Ytre 68. Ytre Borgfjord 69. Borgfjord Ytre 70. Hagvåg Boat House 71. Hagvåg Burial Mound 72. Hagvåg Bridge Construction 73. Evjen Farm Mound

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