Forming stone circle of Vestre

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Forming stone circle of Vestre

The stone circle of Vestre Bilden is on a hill, west of the Julibakka road, north of Vestre Bilden, near Gran in the Fylke Innlandet in Norway .

The unexamined stone circle of Bilden is in open terrain near the main road through Hadeland . There are three round burial mounds about 30 meters east of the circle . The stone circle is approximately 14.5 m in diameter and consists of eight stone blocks in the circle and one stone in the middle. The height of the stones in the circle is between 0.85 and 1.5 m. They are 60 to 80 cm wide. The middle stone is 1.10 meters high and about 90 cm wide at the base. The distance between the stones is about 5.5 meters. The middle stone is locally called the Stone of Kings .

Two of the round burial mounds nearby are about 10.0 m in diameter and 1.0 and 2.5 meters high, respectively. The largest has a diameter of 16.5 meters and a height of about 2.75 meters.

Nearby is one of the Halvdanshaugen .

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Coordinates: 60 ° 24 ′ 28.5 ″  N , 10 ° 28 ′ 27.5 ″  E