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1. Sailing barriers in the Rannuusinsalmi Strait in Suomenniemi
2. Hill fort in Kuivaketvele, Taipalsaari
3. Voisalmi machine gun and accommodation bunker in Lappeenranta
4. Kauskila cemetery in Lappeenranta, from the time of the Crusades and the Early Middle Ages
5. Stone-Age dwelling site at Murheistenranta in Lappeenranta
6. Saarenoja Stone-Age dwelling site in Joutseno
7-8. Stone-Age dwelling sites on Lammassaari Island in Imatra
9. Stone-Age dwelling site in Ukonniemi in Imatra
10. Rock painting at Kolmiköytisienvuori in Ruokolahti
11. Huusniemi Stone-Age dwelling site in Joutseno
12. Stone-Age settlement dwelling site on Mietinsaari Island in Joutseno
13. Korosniemi prehistoric settlement in Ruokolahti
14. Lapp cairn at Salminiemi in Ruokolahti
15. The Viking Age cemetery at Hirnilä in Rautjärvi.
16-17. Haukkavuori Hill and the Torsansalo border stone in Rautjärvi
18. Cup stone from Silvu in Parikkala
19. Stone-Age habitation of Parikkala / Stone-Age dwelling site at Haljakka
20. Pitfalls on the Romanonkangas Heath at Parikkala
21. Cultural landscape at Tarnala in Saari
22. Orthodox village of Papinniemi in Uukuniemi
23. Stone-Age burial ground and dwelling site at Vaateranta in Taipalsaari
Site Map: Sites 6-14
6. Saarenoja Stone-Age dwelling site in Joutseno
The Saarenoja dwelling site is situated on the shore of a narrow fjord that opens to the southeast. Three dwelling sites have been found on the bluffs of the bay. The bluffs are of different ages and dates of the dwelling sites range from approximately 10000 - 11000 years ago, from the various shore phases of the Yoldia Sea and Ancylus Lake, which preceded the present-day Baltic Sea. Settlement of Saarenoja belongs to Finland's earliest settlement period after the Ice Age, and the oldest dwelling site in Finland since the last Ice Age may be among the sites here.

In summer 2000 some test excavations at the Saarenoja settlement turned up flint material from the southern Baltic area, Estonia, and Russia, along with a unique arrowhead piece made from the thighbone of a moose. Similar arrows have been found at mesolithic dwelling sites in Estonia and Russia.

Driving directions: Take road no. 3951 from the centre of Joutseno. Drive about 14.5 km, then turn right onto road no. 3952 at the four-way intersection. Drive about 1.1 km and turn left toward Monnonmäki. Continue about 600 metres. A sign to the site is immediately on the left. Cars or a bus can park along the road.