Sammallahdenmäki

Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Long ruin of Huilu
LocationRauma, Satakunta, Finland
CriteriaCultural: (iii), (iv)
Reference579rev
Inscription1999 (23rd Session)
Coordinates61°07′14″N 21°46′39″E / 61.12056°N 21.77750°E / 61.12056; 21.77750
Location of Sammallahdenmäki in Finland

Sammallahdenmäki is a Bronze Age burial site in Finland near Rauma, in the region of Satakunta. The site includes 33 granite burial cairns dating back more than 3,000 years, to 1500 to 500 BC. Sammallahdenmäki is one of the largest, most complete, and most important Bronze Age sites in Fennoscandia, and was designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1999.

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