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Mykle

lake in Kongsberg, Norway

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
Places and architectureInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ6515222 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mykle is a lake in the municipality of Kongsberg in Buskerud, Norway.

Mykle is located below Bonden mountain near the border with Telemark. Mykle is part of the Siljan watershed (Siljanvassdraget) formed by rivers with headwaters at Skrimfjella which flow into Farris lake at Larvik. The watershed is developed with four power stations and was protected against further development in 1973. Mykle offers trout and perch fishing.

Editorial summary

“Mykle” enters the record as lake in Kongsberg, Norway. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Mykle, lake and Kongsberg can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1973—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Mykle, lake and Kongsberg.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Mykle” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Mykle, lake and Kongsberg provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6515222. The first chronological checks are 1973.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Mykle”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Mykle primary sources, Mykle archive and Mykle research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Mykle”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Mykle” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.