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Hakastein Church was a church under Gimsøy Abbey near Skien in Norway. It is first referred to in a manuscript from 1354.
In 2001, archaeologists uncovered post-holes and other ''Gimsøy kloster'' (Norges klostre i middelalderen)
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Hakastein Church was a church under Gimsøy Abbey near Skien in Norway. It is first referred to in a manuscript from 1354.
In 2001, archaeologists uncovered post-holes and other features
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which are believed to belong to the church. Radiocarbon dating
Radiocarbon dating (also referred to as carbon dating or carbon-14 dating) is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon, a radioactive isotope of carbon.
The method was dev ...
of material from the post-holes suggest that the church was constructed between 1010 and 1040, making it one of Norway's earliest post churches. Earlier features on the site, such as graves, were dated to the mid 10th century./ref>
References
Other sources
* Sigurðsson, Jon Viðar (2003) ''Kristninga i Norden 750–1200'' * Gardåsen, Tor Kjetil; Thor Gundersen, Magne Kortner and Ragnar Olsen (2000) ''Summa Summarum – Skien i 1000 år'' (Skien: Forlaget Grenland) Churches in Telemark Buildings and structures in Skien History of Telemark {{Norway-church-stub