New archaeological monuments on the northern coast of the Kandalaksha Bay of the White Sea

The article is devoted to the results of the archaeological expedition of the Kola Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences on the northern shore of the Kandalaksha Bay of the White Sea near the city of Kandalaksha and on the Kolvitsa River in 2023. Three new archaeological monuments have been recorded: Niva XXIII — boulder pit, Kandalaksha XVI – charcoal pits and Kolvitsa – stone structures. The boulder pit is located on an ancient sea terrace, on the western slope of Mount Volosyanaya, 1 km from the Niva River. Three charcoal pits are located on the northern shore of Malaya Pitkulya Bay, near the southern slope of Mount Krestovaya, not far from the labyrinth. This is the first discovery of such objects in Russian Lapland and they date back to the late 15th–16th centuries. Seven formations of boulders are located on the northern bank of the Kolvitsa River near the rapids. Analogs are known to them in other places of Russian Lapland. There are also boulder pits on the Khlebnaya River and on the coast of the Barents Sea. The dating and ethnicity of the boulder structures are still speculative.